IT'S MONDAY THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY. MORENA. THIS IS BREAKFAST. LOVELY TO HAVE YOUR COMPANY THIS MORNING. GANG PATCHES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC. POLICE WILL BE GIVEN EXTRA POWERS TO DISPERSE GANGS GATHERING. IF THERE'S HALF A DOZEN OR WHATEVER, GANG MEMBERS THAT ARE CONGREGATING THE POLICE CAN ISSUE A WARNING SAYING YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AND YOU CANNOT ASSOCIATE WITH EACH OTHER SEVEN DAYS. WILL THAT WORK AND DO WE HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? THE POLICE COMMISSIONER WILL BE JOINING US AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. HAVE YOU BEEN TO AUCKLAND AIRPORT RECENTLY? YOU ARE DUE TO PAY EVEN MORE FOR THE PRIVILEGE? AIRLINES HAVE TO PAY MORE TO USE AUCKLAND AIRPORT. YOU WILL BE PAYING FOR THE PRICE RISE IN YOUR TICKET. IF YOU DON'T, WANT REGIONAL AIRLINE SAYS IT WILL BE FORCED TO CLOSE ITS DOORS. WILL TALK TO THE AIRLINE AND THE AIRPORT THIS MORNING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU PASSENGERS. NZ'S UNIQUE SNAIL SPECIES NEW DATA SHOWS HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO EXTINCTION. HOW WILL WE SAVE THE GIANT CARNIVOROUS SNAILS IN PARTICULAR? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD A GIANT SNAIL A MEAT-EATING SNAIL. WILL FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN FIND THEM, WHY THEY ARE BEING THREATENED. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL HAS BRUSHED OFF CONCERNS SOME STATIONS ARE CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED SAYING IT'S NOTHING NEW. TVNZ'S SUNDAY PROGRAMME SPOKE TO MR MITCHELL AS PART OF A REPORT ON GANGS AND POLICING IN OPOTIKI WHERE ONLY 2 OF 12 PERMANENT FRONTLINE POSITIONS ARE FILLED. WHY SHOULD TWO PERMANENT FRONT LINE POLICE OFFICERS IN OPOTIKI BE EXPECTED` I'VE ADDRESSED THAT. THAT'S NOTHING NEW IN THIS COUNTRY. 10 YEARS I WORKED BY MYSELF. IT'S NOTHING NEW. SO YOUR RESPONSE TO POLICE CONCERNS ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING IS, 'WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY' AND 'YOU CAN MANAGE'? EACH STATION WILL HAVE AN OPERATIONAL NUMBER THAT THEY TRY TO OPERATE WITH AND STICK TO. THAT IS AN OPERATION MATTER FOR THE AREA COMMANDER AND THE DISTRICT COMMANDER. AND THE POLICE MINISTER WILL BE JOINING US JUST AFTER 7 TO DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW PLANS TO CRACK DOWN ON GANGS. STATE HIGHWAY 1 OVER THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS NORTH OF AUCKLAND IS CLOSED AS CRITICAL RESTORATION WORK GETS UNDERWAY. THREE DETOUR ROUTES ARE IN PLACE THROUGH COVE ROAD, PAPAROA OAKLEIGH ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 12 AND 14 WHICH MUST BE USED BY HEAVY VEHICLES. STATE HIGHWAY ONE WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 12 WITH A BRIEF RE-OPENING OVER EASTER WEEKEND IN LATE MARCH. FRESH AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN HAVE HIT CLOSE TO THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL, SANA'A. THE U.S. AND UK JOINT OPERATION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY NEW ZEALAND, HIT 18 HOUTHI REBEL TARGETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE HOUTHIS HAVE ATTACKED NUMEROUS SHIPS IN THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN AS RETRIBUTION FOR ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. POLICE AND PROTESTERS HAVE CLASHED IN TEL AVIV AT A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. PROTESTERS SAY IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. WHILE ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S MAKING PROGRESS. THIS AS THE DEATH TOLL INSIDE GAZA MOUNTS. THE BBC'S PAUL ADAMS REPORTS. TEL AVIV, LAST NIGHT... ..ISRAEL'S DEEP DIVISIONS ON RAW DISPLAY. THESE STREETS ARE USED TO PROTESTS, BUT THEY'RE BIGGER NOW, ANGRIER. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER, THE POLICE RESORTING TO TOUGHER MEASURES. THE LOATHING FOR ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER AND HIS HARDLINE CABINET GOES BACK MORE THAN A YEAR BUT IT'S SPURRED ON BY THE WAR IN GAZA AND THE FEAR THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS MORE INTERESTED IN DEFEATING HAMAS THAN FREEING HOSTAGES. WE CANNOT KEEP ON DOING THE MILITARY SOLUTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORKING. IT'S BECOMING WORSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD ON BOTH SIDES. THE GOVERNMENT HERE SAYS THAT TALKS AIMED AT GETTING THE HOSTAGES BACK ARE MAKING PROGRESS, SOMETHING HAMAS DENIES. THE PROCESS IS DUE TO CONTINUE IN QATAR THIS WEEK, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO SAYING THAT IT'S ABOUT TO APPROVE PLANS FOR AN ASSAULT ON RAFAH. IT SAYS THOSE PLANS WILL INCLUDE A MASSIVE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS BEFORE GROUND TROOPS GO IN. SOME PALESTINIANS AREN'T WAITING, LEAVING RAFAH FOR PLACES WHERE THEY HOPE THEY'LL BE SAFER. AIRSTRIKES ARE ALREADY CAUSING PANIC IN A CITY WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING. AND WITH EACH DAY THAT PASSES, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIANS KILLED IN THIS WAR CREEPS CLOSER TO ANOTHER GRIM MILESTONE. 30,000. AUTHORITIES IN VICTORIA ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR EVACUATION PLANS READY AMID A LOOMING BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY. THE TOWNS OF BEAUFORT AND LEXTON ARE IN DANGER FROM A FIRE WHICH HAS ALREADY DESTROYED AT LEAST SIX RURAL PROPERTIES. AROUND 550 FIREFIGHTERS ARE TACKLING THE FLAMES WHICH HAVE SO FAR SCORCHED MORE THAN 17,000 HECTARES. OF MOST CONCERN, A FORECAST SPIKE IN HEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WHICH COULD GIVE THE FIRE A BOOST. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN THE FIELD IF THEY'RE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE IN THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND'S CATCHING PROBLEMS CONTINUED IN THEIR 27-RUN LOSS IN THE FINAL T20. MITCHELL SANTNER SAYS THE MISSED CHANCES CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERIES WHITEWASH. YOU KNOW, GIVING GUYS LIKE TRAVIS HEAD A COUPLE LIVES AND I THINK MITCH MARSH THE OTHER NIGHT, IT'S HARD TO, I GUESS, WRESTLE THE MOMENTUM BACK. AND I THOUGHT WE FOUGHT BACK QUITE WELL, AND IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS... I GUESS IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU GIVE GUYS EXTRA CHANCES. THE FIRST TEST AT THE BASIN RESERVE GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. IT WASN'T JUST TAYLOR SWIFT MAKING WAVES IN SYDNEY THIS WEEKEND WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SAIL GP TEAM PICKING UP ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH. A SECOND AND SEVENTH IN THE LAST 2 FLEET RACES QUALIFIED THE KIWI CREW FOR THE FINAL AND A TIGHT TUSSLE WITH DENMARK AND SERIES LEADERS AUSTRALIA. ...WHO'S GOING TO BE ON TIME? OH I THINK NEW ZEALAND ARE OVER EARLY AS WELL. OH, WHAT A START. WHAT A MISTAKE BY ALL OF THE CREWS. WHAT A MISTAKE THERE. AUSTRALIA EARLY, NEW ZEALAND EARLY, DENMARK WILL LEAD AT MARK ONE. NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE START LINE PENALTY TO FINISH THIRD. THE NEXT REGATTA IS IN CHRISTCHURCH IN FOUR WEEKS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. 23 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 THE HIGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MASTERTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 26 TODAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 24 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. A PERFECT STORM OF DISRUPTIONS MEANS OUR NCEA ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS ARE CONTINUING TO DROP. THAT'S ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL DATA FROM NZQA. NATIONALLY, STUDENTS ACHIEVING LEVEL ONE HAS SLUMPED NEARLY 5% FROM 2022. LEVEL 2 AND 3 ACHIEVEMENT ALSO FELL BY AT LEAST 2%, AND UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE DROPPED BY 3%. BUT IT'S IN THE REGIONAL DATA WHERE DECLINES FOR SOME AREAS ARE STARK. ON THE WEST COAST, LEVEL THREE ACHIEVEMENT DROPPED BY 8%. IN MANAWATU-WHANGANUI, LEVEL 1 ACHIEVEMENT ALSO DROPPED BY NEARLY 8%. KATE GAINSFORD IS THE CHAIR OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS COUNCIL AND PRINCIPAL OF AOTEA COLLEGE. SHE JOINS US NOW. MORNING. YOUR REACTION ON THOSE FIGURES? NOT A SURPRISE, UNFORTUNATELY. MOST OF THE SECTOR HAS BEEN SCRAMBLING REALLY HARD SINCE THE EXAMS WERE SAT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE ALL SECONDARY STUDENTS WHO SAT EXTERNALS WERE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE WELL INFORMED ABOUT RE-CONSIDERATIONS AND APPLYING FOR COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATION, WHERE IT WAS DUE. BUT ALSO TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOST TEACHING AND LEARNING TIME THAT STUDENTS EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. THESE ARE COMPILING ISSUES, YOU MENTIONED COVID. IT IS A COMPLEX SETTING THAT IMPACTS THOSE NUMBERS. THE AWFUL WEATHER EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IN CERTAIN PLACES THAT DISRUPTED FAMILIES AND STOP KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL FOR IMPORTANT PERIODS OF TIME IN THEIR LEARNING ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS AROUND. WE NOTICED A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WERE CHOOSING TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN ORDER TO GO TO WORK. THAT MEANT THAT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS WERE UNFINISHED. A LOT OF FACTORS IMPACTING ON THESE NUMBERS. IS IT JUST REMOTE LEARNING, OR DISINTEREST? IT'S THE PERFECT STORM. WE HAD COVID IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOTS OF TEACHER ABSENCE, THAT COMBINED THE TEACHER SHORTAGE MEANT RURAL PLACES OFTEN DIDN'T HAVE TEACHER RELIEVERS AVAILABLE TO PICK UP THE SLACK OR PICK UP THE WORK WHEN THEY WERE TEACHERS ABSENT SICK OR THERE WAS A SHORTAGE. WHAT IS THE SOLUTION HERE? PARTICULARLY FROM RURAL AREAS? THOSE RURAL AREAS ARE LIKE THE CANARIES IN THE MINE. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT TELL US WHEN THE PROBLEMS ARE SERIOUS. THAT IS WHERE YOU SEE IT FIRST. THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS VERY SERIOUS, AND A COMBINED EFFORT AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE PAY CONDITIONS AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO OUR SYSTEM ARE STRONGER WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELP THE KIDS. IS TEACHING AS ATTRACTIVE AS IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO? HOW DO YOU ATTRACT MORE TEACHERS? IT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION BUT ONCE UPON A TIME MY UNDERSTANDING WAS A TEACHER WAS PAID THE SAME AS A BACKBENCHER IN PARLIAMENT AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS ANY LONGER THE CASE. IT IS A VERY VERY GOOD AND REWARDING JOB BUT THERE ARE NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROPER HEARING FROM GOVERNMENT ABOUT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS THAT COULD MAKE IT BETTER NEW GOVERNMENT, NEW EDUCATION MINISTER, WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE BE TO THEM? EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORKFORCE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS. BUT HAS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY OF ANY GOVERNMENT. I WOULD HOPE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE WITH THIS GOVERNMENT TO. WE SEE MANY SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY DITCH NCEA LEVEL ONE. DO WE NEED TO DITCH IT? DITCH IS A VERY EMOTIVE TERM. MOST SCHOOLS WERE PLAYING AROUND WITH LEVEL I ARE NOT DROPPING IT ALTOGETHER. THERE ARE STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS WHO ARE ACHIEVING THE QUALIFICATION. IT'S HOW SCHOOLS ARE CHOOSING TO USE IT THAT IS CHANGING. SOMETIMES THEY ARE GOING INTO NCEA LEVEL II FOR STUDENTS WHO START THEIR COURSE IN YEAR 11. THEY ARE STILL ACCESSING LEVEL I, AND FOR MANY STUDENTS IT IS STILL A MOTIVATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND STANDS THEM IN GOOD STEAD. I DON'T THINK IT IS A MATTER OF DITCHING IT IS A MATTER OF USING IT CAREFULLY TAILORING IT TO THE USE OF YOUNG PEOPLE SO THEY ARE ON THE TRACK THAT GETS THEM TO WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING TO BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SO MUCH WITHIN THAT ONE INTERVIEW TALKING ABOUT NCEA WHETHER IT SUITS SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. INTERESTING ANSWER AT THE END AS TO WHETHER IT SUITABLE AS A LEARNING TOOL AND WHETHER SCHOOLS ARE DITCHING IT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF CONTROVERSY AS TO WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL QUALIFICATION. THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS GRAPPLING WITH IT. THEN THEY SEE THINGS WITHIN IT THAT THEY LIKE THEY CAN MEASURE A STUDENT'S ABILITIES, BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY OTHER PARTS THAT DON'T WORK. EVERY THREE YEARS WE GET A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT TINKERS WITH THE SYSTEM, SO NOBODY GETS A CONCRETE SYSTEM THAT JUST GOES. DANIEL, WITH YOUR BOYS WHO WERE IN THE UK. YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN THE KIDS WERE DISINTERESTED IN DISTANCE LEARNING AND YOUR KIDS SEEM TO COME THROUGH OK. WHERE THEY DISINTERESTED IN DISTANCE LEARNING? IT WAS TOUGH. THE LESS FORTUNATE SCHOOLS THE LESS WEALTHY SCHOOLS THEY WITH A COVERT GENERATION LOSING OUT ON THE SYSTEM. THEY FOUND THROUGH MANY STUDIES THAT THEY LOST SO MUCH EDUCATION AND HAD FALLEN BEHIND, BUT THE GOVERNMENT IN THE UK INVESTED AND PUMPED MONEY INTO SCHOOLS TO CATCH THESE KIDS AND GIVE THEM EXTRA TUTORIALS AND THEY CAME BACK TO SCHOOL. WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT COVID, YOU WONDER WHEN WE HAVE TO STOP USING IT AS AN EXCUSE. IT'S OKAY THE KIDS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN GOING TO UNIVERSITY BUT THEY'VE LIKED THOSE NECESSITIES FROM EDUCATION SO IT IS A DIFFERENT BALLGAME. MUSEUM IS LOCKDOWN LONGER THAN THE UK SO IF WE NEED TO PUMP MONEY INTO IT NOW, WE SHOULD DO IT. WE WERE IN SOME FORM OF LOCKDOWN FOR ABOUT 8 TO 9 MONTHS IN THE UK SO TO TEACH YOUR KIDS AT HOME WAS DIFFERENT COMPARED TO HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. YOU GUYS WERE ONLY A LOCKDOWN FOR A MONTH? YEAH NAH. IT WENT ON FOR AT LEAST OVER A YEAR. IT IS RIGHT THAT WE REFLECT ON COVID AND THE IMPACTS THAT IT STILL HAS ON OUR CHILDREN BUT IT'S WORRYING THAT THE DATA IS TELLING US OUR KIDS ARE NOT ACHIEVING. BRING BACK THE FULL CERTIFICATE. I LEFT 10 PAGES OF MY MAX EXAM BLANK. STILL PASSED THOUGH. E WHAI AKE NEI ` YOUR MATES WANT TO GO TO A PRICEY RESTAURANT YOU CAN'T AFFORD. WHAT DO YOU DO? HOW TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO OTHERS ABOUT YOUR FINANCES. THERE'S NO DENYING IT'S TRICKY WHEN ALL YOUR FRIENDS EARN MORE MONEY THAN YOU DO. SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR MATES WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO EAT OUT AT A PLACE YOU CAN'T AFFORD OR SPLIT A PRESENT THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR YOUR BUDGET? TO DISCUSS HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS AWKWARDNESS, WE'RE JOINED BY THE CO-FOUNDERS OF 'THE CURVE', A PLATFORM OFFERING INVESTMENT INFORMATION FOR WOMEN. WELCOME TO VICTORIA HARRIS AND SOPHIE HALLWRIGHT. GOOD MORNING. HOW SHY ARE WE ABOUT TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH WE EARN? AS WOMEN WE ARE PRETTY SHY. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD NOT TO TALK ABOUT MONEY. MONEY IS POWER AND CONTROL ELEMENT OF MONEY MAKES US VERY SHY ABOUT TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT I THINK THAT IS CHANGING WITH THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO TALK ABOUT MONEY THEY ARE HAVING TO SPEND WITHIN THEIR BUDGETS AND SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM MORE NORMAL. AND GIVE WOMEN THE TOOLS TO NAVIGATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN A NON-SCARY WAY. WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE STEPS, BUT I WONDER ABOUT AGE AND HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT IS IN TERMS OF, SAY 25 AND UNDER, TALKING ABOUT FINANCES AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME, BECAUSE MY PARENTS NEVER TALKED ABOUT IT. JENS E ARE AMAZING AT IT. *GEN Z MY PARENTS GENERATION, THE IDEA OF BRINGING IT UP WAS EMBARRASSING. I HEAR MY PARENTS TALK ABOUT IT A LOT. THEY GO OUT FOR DINNER WITH FRIENDS, MY DAD HAS ONE BEER SOMEONE ELSE HAS SEVEN COCKTAILS AND THE END UP SPLITTING THE BILL WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF TALKING ABOUT IT AND WHAT THAT DOES COLLECTIVELY. HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS MAKES IT LESS AWKWARD. OLDER GENERATIONS DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. ALSO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GENDER PAY GAP. THAT GAP IS EVEN BIGGER WHEN IT COMES TO MAORI, PACIFICA ASIAN AND ALSO DISABLED. TALKING ABOUT SALARIES AND WHAT WE EARN IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE WORTH AND TO ASK FOR MORE. ITS KILLER TAKE 250 YEARS FOR US TO CLOSE THE GENDER PAY GAP. WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THAT DAY, SO THE MORE WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER TALK ABOUT MONEY I REALISE WE ARE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS I MAY HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS OR A HOLIDAY I'M SAVING FOR THERE IS SO MUCH THAT COMES INTO IT THEN JUST WHAT SOMEONE EARNS. HOPEFULLY THAT 250 YEARS MIGHT BE 200? ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE WORTH MIGHT BE EMBARRASSING TO HEAR THE OTHERS ARE EARNING MORE THAN YOU BUT THEN YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELF WHY YOU ARE ONLY ON THIS WHILE MY MATES SEEM TO BE EARNING MUCH MORE? WE DID AN ANONYMOUS SALARY SPREADSHEET AND A WEBSITE AND WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF WOMEN PUT THEIR DETAILS ON ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY EARN IN THE AMOUNT OF MESSAGES WE GOT FROM PEOPLE SAYING I HAVE AN EXTRA 50 K THANKS TO THAT OR MY HOURLY RATE HAS DOUBLED BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I COULD ASK FOR MORE. THE RANGES ON THAT SPREADSHEET WERE INSANE. FOR THE SAME ROLE, THE RANGE OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE PAID WAS INSANE. WE NEED SOME HELPFUL TIPS. WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU HAD ONE BEER EVERYONE ELSE HAD MORE OR LESS SPLIT THE BILL HOW'D YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS? THERE BEEN TIMES WHEN I THOUGHT THIS RESTAURANT IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND THEN IT COMES TO SPLITTING AND EVERYONE'S LIKE LET'S SPLIT, AND I JUST SAY I CAN'T TAKE YOUR FOOD. COMES DOWN TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR OWN BUDGETS. LOOKING AT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SPEND AND THEN PLANNING ACCORDINGLY. TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU GO BEFOREHAND AND HOW MUCH IT WILL COST OR IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE HUNDRED AND $50 ON DINNER, GO FOR A WALK OR FOR A COFFEE. BEING ABLE TO KNOW YOUR OWN POSITION AND ASK FOR THAT WHEN YOU SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FRIENDS IS A GOOD START. AS HUMANS WE HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING. IF YOU SAY NO TO SOMETHING YOU HAVE THAT SENSE OF BEING PUSHED OUT. AS HUMANS, WE NEED TO SAY DON'T WORRY, WHY DON'T YOU COME AT THE END FOR A DRINK OR GO FOR A WALK TOMORROW. THERE ARE HELPFUL TIPS AND TRICKS IF YOU ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. IF YOU WANT TO READ MORE FROM THEM ON HOW TO HANDLE HAVING FRIENDS WHO ARE RICHER THAN YOU, HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE AT onenews.co.nz. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS ABOUT SNAILS. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 630. COVID-19 IS BEING BLAMED FOR A SLUMP IN NCEA RESULTS. NATIONALLY, STUDENTS ACHIEVING LEVEL ONE NEARLY DROPPED 5% FROM 2022, AND UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE DROPPED BY 3%. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN BIGGER DROPS IN THE REGIONS, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST WHERE LEVEL THREE ACHIEVEMENT IS DOWN 8%. CHAIR OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS COUNCIL KATE GAINSFORD SAYS THE CRACKS START TO SHOW IN THE SMALL TOWNS FIRST. TEACHER SHORTAGE IS VERY SERIOUS, AND SO A REALLY COMBINED EFFORT AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAY AND CONDITIONS, THAT ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO OUR SYSTEM ARE STRONGER THAN THEY ARE PRESENTLY, WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING US CATCH UP THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE HAD THE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR LEARNING THAT THEY HAVE OVER THE TIME OF COVID. GAINSFORD BELIEVES TEACHER SHORTAGES ARE HAVING A BIGGER IMPACT ON STUDENTS THAN SCHOOL STRIKES. SENTENCING IN THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND CASE WILL BEGIN TODAY IN AN AUCKLAND COURT. SIX PARTIES ARE BEING SENTENCED FOR HEALTH AND SAFTEY FAILURES LEADING UP TO THE 2019 ERUPTION WHICH KILLED 22 PEOPLE AND INJURED 25 OTHERS. VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER WILL TELL THE COURT HOW IT'S AFFECTED THEIR LIVES. THE COURT WILL CONSIDER WHAT REPARATION IS AVAILABLE TO SURVIVORS. THE U.S. AND UK HAVE LAUNCHED NEW STRIKES ON HOUTHI REBELS IN YEMEN, THE FOURTH ROUND OF ATTACKS ON THE GROUP. ABC'S MARY ALICE PARKS REPORTS. OVERNIGHT, THE U.S. AND UK LAUNCHING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF PUNISHING STRIKES ON IRAN-BACKED REBELS IN YEMEN. THE PENTAGON SAYING WARSHIPS AND FIGHTER JETS HIT 18 TARGETS, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES, ATTACK DRONES, RADARS AND A HELICOPTER. DEFENCE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SAYING IN A STATEMENT THE U.S. WILL NOT HESITATE TO TAKE ACTION TO DEFEND LIVES AND THE FREE FLOW OF COMMERCE. FOR MONTHS NOW, THE HOUTHI REBELS ARMED BY IRAN, HAVE BEEN TARGETING SHIPS IN THE RED SEA, A COSTLY DISRUPTION TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST CRITICAL TRADE ROUTES. LAST MONTH, THE US AND UK, WITH SUPPORT FROM SEVERAL ALLIES, LAUNCHED THE FIRST WAVE OF THESE STRIKES TO TRY TO HALT THOSE ATTACKS. THIS LATEST ROUND OVERNIGHT NOW THE FOURTH. BUT THE HOUTHIS SHOW NO SIGNS OF STOPPING, INSTEAD VOWING TO ESCALATE THEIR ATTACKS, WHICH THEY SAY ARE IN PROTEST OF ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA WITH U.S. SUPPORT. AMONG THE DOZENS OF HOUTHI ATTACKS NOW, ONE OF THEIR MISSILES SUCCESSFULLY HIT A BRITISH VESSEL CARRYING FERTILISER THIS WEEK, LEAVING THAT SHIP TAKING ON WATER AND CREATING AN 18-MILE-LONG OIL SLICK. THE HOUTHIS ARE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD RIGHT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD. ISRAEL SAYS TALKS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF MORE HOSTAGES FROM OCTOBER 7 ARE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT CLAIM CAME AS POLICE AND PROTESTERS CLASHED IN TEL AVIV. THE DEMONSTRATORS SAY ITS CLEAR MILITARY ACTION IS NOT HELPING SECURE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. HAMAS SAYS THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF ROADBLOCKS TO ANY AGREEMENT. AMONG THEM, ISRAEL'S HARDLINE STANCE ON ONGOING MILITARY ACTION. TALKS ARE SCHEDULED TO RESUME IN QATAR LATER THIS WEEK. UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ARE VOWING TO KEEP FIGHTING AMID SHORTAGES OF EQUIPMENT AS THE WAR PASSES ITS TWO-YEAR ANIVERSARY. ON FRIDAY, NATO SIGNED A DEAL WHICH WILL SUPPLY SOME SHELLS TO UKRAINIAN BATTALIONS, BUT A MASSIVE FUNDING BILL FROM THE U.S. REMAINS TIED UP IN CONGRESS. UKRAINE'S DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS HALF OF PROMISED WESTERN ARMS DELIVERIES TO NOT ARRIVE ON TIME. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL BE HOPING FOR REINFORCEMENTS AHEAD OF THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. KANE WILLIAMSON AND DARRYL MITCHELL MISSED THE ENTIRE T20 SERIES, WHILE DEVIN CONWAY AND RACHIN RAVINDRA SAT OUT GAMES. MITCHELL SANTNER LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER CRACK AT THE AUSSIES. THIS SERIES AS WELL ` WORLD CUP ` ANOTHER CLOSE LOSS. SO I GUESS THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE ON US RECENTLY. BUT I GUESS THE SUMMER HAS BEEN BUILDING UP TO THESE TWO GAMES. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE SUMMER, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT BOTH GROUNDS WHICH IS COOL. THE FIRST TEST AT THE BASIN RESERVE GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY AND REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+ THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP FINAL BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA IS DEEP IN EXTRA TIME. PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET IN THE SECOND HALF, ONLY FOR VIRGIL VAN DIJK'S GOAL TO BE OVERTURNED. IT'S STILL GOALLESS, IN THE SECOND PERIOD OF EXTRA TIME. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. IT IS RUBBISH. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. 23 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 THE HIGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. 23 FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MASTERTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 26 TODAY. 25 IN NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 21 IN WELLINGTON. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. 26 FOR BLENHEIM. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. 23 FOR ASHBURTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. YOU ARE LOOKING ALL RIGHT. AND 20 DEGREES IN QUEENSTOWN. THANKS, CHANGY. IT IS 6:36. THIS MORNING WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AROUND WHETHER YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AROUND YOUR FINANCES. ALSO IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT TO DINNER... WHAT DO YOU DO? I DON'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FRIENDS ABOUT THAT? DO YOU SPLIT IT FAIRLY? EFFORT IS MORE OF US. IF IT'S MY HUSBAND AND FRIENDS AND THE TWO BOYS, WE SPLIT IT AND SAY, IT IS FINE. BUT IT IS ABOUT HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN YOU GO OUT. NO, I WOULDN'T OFFER MY INFORMATION AROUND MY FINANCES BUT WOULD SHARE IF ASKED. I WOULDN'T ATTEND A FUNCTION IF I COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY A PRESENT, BECAUSE IT IS MY PRIVATE BUSINESS. FAIR ENOUGH. THAT IS A COMPLETELY VALID ARGUMENT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SPLIT THE BILL, THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS SAY, I HAD ONE GLASS OF WATER, ONE BOWL OF PASTA. IF YOU CAN'T GO, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. SOME RESTAURANTS ARE ALL SHARED. THEY HAVE SHARING PLATES. SO YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OWN THING. JUST SPLIT THE BILL. IT IS AN OCCASION. YOU DO IT ONCE A YEAR. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, DON'T. IF YOU SPLIT THE BILL, I'M SURE YOUR FRIENDS WILL UNDERSTAND AND PICK IT UP FOR YOU. FRIENDS? PEOPLE HAVE DONE THAT FOR ME BEFORE. WHEN I'VE... LOST YOUR WALLET? LOST MY WALLET DONE THE MAORI HAKA. I THINK I HADN'T LOST MY WALLET, HAD A FEW TO DRINK. AND HE COVERED IT FOR ME. IT WAS ABOUT $200. IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT YOUR FINANCES, IT IS SOMETHING I DON'T DO. I DON'T TELL PEOPLE HOW MUCH THEY EARN, WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY LIFE IN TERMS OF FINANCES. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD DO ` GO AND BUY AN ICE CREAM TOGETHER. BECAUSE YOU CAN ALL GET YOUR OWN ICE CREAM. BUT DON'T GO TO A RESTAURANT AND SPLIT THE BILL PROJECT. SPLIT THE BILL PER DISH* ME U TONU MAI ` ABORTION CLINICS ARE BEING FORCED TO CLOSE IN ALABAMA. WHAT THE STATES NEW SUPREME COURT RULING MEANS FOR PATIENTS. # FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN # HOW LONG I'VE WAITED # FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU TO FEEL THE SAME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IVF TREATMENT IS UNDER THREAT IN THE U.S AFTER ALABAMA'S SUPREME COURT RULED FROZEN EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN. CLINICS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SHUT THEIR DOORS FOLLOWING THE UNPRECEDENTED RULING, NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. IT'S A RULING THE STATE'S REPUBLICAN SENATOR STRONGLY SUPPORTS EVEN IF HE'S NOT SURE HOW IT WORKS. DO YOU HAVE A REACTION ON THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULING ON THE FACT THAT EMBRYOS ARE CHILDREN? YEAH, I WAS ALL FOR IT. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE KIDS, WE NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IVF IS USED TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN AND RIGHT NOW IVF SERVICES ARE PAUSED AT SOME OF THE CLINICS IN ALABAMA. AREN'T YOU CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD IMPACT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HAVE KIDS? WELL, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER CONVERSATION. PEOPLE WHO NEED TO HAVE` WE NEED MORE KIDS. WE NEED THE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE KIDS. THE WHOLE POINT, OF COURSE, IS THAT IVF TREATMENTS DO HELP PEOPLE HAVE MORE CHILDREN, BUT THEY'RE NOW SCRAMBLING TO MAKE OTHER PLANS. ONE OF THEM, REBECCA MATHEWS, JOINS ME NOW. REBECCA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING. I'VE GOT TO ASK WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF HIS COMMENTS THERE. I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE SENATOR NOT ONLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IVF, HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS RULING THAT THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT RULED ON. YOU YOURSELF ARE GOING THROUGH THE IVF PROCESS IS NOT WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE RULING? I'M ACTUALLY NOT GOING THROUGH THE IVF PROCESS. I HAVE A FROZEN EMBRYO. I'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS THREE TIMES. WE HAVE THE MIRACLE OF CHILDREN THROUGH IVF. I WAS SHOCKED BY THE RULING. AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO WASN'T REALLY SHOCKED, BECAUSE IN ALABAMA, WE LIKE TO TEND TO GO BACKWARDS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DECISIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT AFTER ROE V WADE THAT HAVE POINTED TO A WITHDRAWAL OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES. THIS IS A PERSONAL JOURNEY FOR WOMEN, AND I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE, THEN, OF LAWMAKERS AND OF THE COURTS JUDGES DECIDING ON WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO WITH HER REPRODUCTIVE CELLS, WITH EMBRYOS, WITH HER CHOICES AND HER RIGHTS TO HAVE A CHILD TO STOP THIS IS A VERY DEEP LEVEL OF INTERFERENCE. 100% IT IS. IVF IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL, AND IT IS HARD EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT, WHEN YOU ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AND YOU HAVE FROZEN EMBRYOS, IT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH THEM WITH YOUR PARTNER AND YOUR DOCTOR. AND TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH IVF AT ALL AND IS NOT A WOMAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN IN CAN'T DO IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING AND THIS IS EXTREMELY OVERSTEPPING THE BOUNDS OF WHAT WE CALL FREEDOM. JUST TO EXPLAIN TO SOME OF OUR VIEWERS, REBECCA, THAT THE ISSUE IS NOW THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE NOW, IN EFFECT, CANNOT BE DESTROYED OR DONATED TO ANOTHER COUPLE, BECAUSE LEGALLY THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED ADOPTION. IT BRINGS UP A MYRIAD OF OTHER ISSUES. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE EMBRYO THAT YOU HAVE? YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OPTIONS WITH THE EMBRYO. WE REALLY NEED TO TALK TO OUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT, BUT HER NUMBER ONE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS HER CURRENT PATIENTS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH IVF TREATMENT. I'VE KIND OF BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES WITH HER, TALKING TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN ABOUT GETTING A BILL PASSED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN RESUME TREATMENT IMMEDIATELY. BUT I THINK, IF I'M CORRECT, AT THIS POINT, I COULDN'T EVEN ACCESS MY EMBRYOS I NEEDED TO. SO THERE ARE LIMITED OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. IT IS CONSIDERED YOUR CHILD, AND LEGALLY YOU CAN'T EVEN ACCESS YOUR OWN CHILD? WE CAN'T EVEN ACCESS IT. YES. RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T HAVE AN ACCESS IT. HOW DO YOU FEEL? EXTREMELY ANGRY AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS EXTREMELY PERSONAL. AND IT IS HONESTLY NOT ANYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO WITH THIS EMBRYO. IT IS HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT GETTING INVOLVED. REBECCA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GO THROUGH IVF TREATMENT. IT IS A TOUGH JOURNEY, AND YOU MUST BE PROUD TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH. I'M SORRY YOU FIND IN A TOUGH POSITION WITH YOUR REMAINING EMBRYO. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI - THE SHELL-F-LIFEM OF OUR SNAILS ARE UNDER THREAT. FIND OUT NEXT HOW TO SAVE THEM FROM EXTINCITION. DID YOU ALL GET THAT? # I FEEL SO CLOSE TO YOU RIGHT NOW. IT'S A FORCE FIELD. IN THE WORLD. YUP, YOU'LL NOTICE THESE ARE NOT YOUR USUAL GARDEN SNAILS. TO EXPLAIN MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE ADVISOR KATH WALKER. GOOD MORNING. I DIDN'T REALISE WE HAD A SPECIES OF GIANT CARNIVOROUS NAIL. WHEN WE FIND THEM AND HOW BIG ARE THEY? SOME OF THEM ARE AS BIG AS YOUR HAND. AUCKLANDERS MIGHT KNOW THE LARGER ONES BEST. THEY ARE IN THE WETTER WEST MAINLY BECAUSE THEY ENJOY MOISTURE. THEY DON'T GO INTO AREAS OF FARMLAND, PASTURE CAR PARKS OR COALMINES. WHAT IS BEHIND THE DROP IN NUMBERS? IT'S A BIT OF A PERFECT STORM. WHEN WE CAME TO NEW ZEALAND, WE POOR ANIMALS THAT EAT SNAILS. THEN WE REMOVE THE HABITAT AND OF LATE WE HAVE BEEN WARMING THE CLIMATE. THAT HAS QUITE A FEW EFFECTS, ALLOWING RATS TO GO HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THEY CAN SURVIVE. IT IS DRYING OUT THE SOILS AND INCREASING DROUGHTS. BEACH BARS HAVE INCREASED RAT NUMBERS.� HOW BIG OF A JOB IS IT TO GET ACCURATE DATA? WE HAVE BEEN COUNTING SNAILS IN LITTLE PLOTS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S REALLY PICKY WORK. BUT WE HAVE GOOD DATA. 20 YEARS WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHECKED? NO, WE STARTED COUNTING 20 YEARS AGO WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A DECLINE FROM THOSE PLOTS THE WHOLE TIME. WE'VE HAD SO MANY OF THEM WE THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ADDRESS THE DECLINE? WE COULD PROTECT THE HABITAT WE'VE STILL GOT BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS TO CONTROL RATS WE CAN TRY AND CURB OUR CARBON EMISSIONS BUT IN THE MEANTIME, GOATS AND PIGS EATING OUT THE UNDERSTORY IN OUR FORESTS WHICH MAKES IT LESS SHADED THERE ISN'T A NICE PILE OF LETTER TO KEEP SNAILS COOL. SO IF WE CONTROL THOSE BETTER WE WOULD DO A GOOD STEP TOWARDS KEEPING THE CLIMATE RIGHT FOR SNAILS TO OCCUPY. WHAT DO SNAILS EAT? THEY ARE VERY SHY AND RETIRING. THEY EAT EARTHWORMS, NOT CABBAGES FOR A START WE SHOULD ESTABLISH THAT. EW! WE ARE SEEING FOOTAGE OF A GIANT SNAIL EATING EARTHWORM SO THAT IS THE DIET? THAT IS WHY THEY NEED MOIST SOIL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EARTHWORMS NEED. THEY WOULDN'T COME AND BITE YOU. THEY ARE ONLY NOCTURNAL. THEY COME OUT WHEN IT IS WET BECAUSE THEY NEED MOISTURE. SO THAT WOULD BE AT NIGHT WHERE THERE IS NO SUNSHINE. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO FEAR THEM. THERE IS PLENTY TO ADMIRE IN THEM AND IT WOULD BE SAD IF WE LOST THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW WHAT KATH SAID BUT I'M NOT GOING CAMPING ANY TIME. DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF A EARTHWORM? GONE WITHIN SECONDS. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHATS COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. GANG PATCHES ARE GONE. AT LEAST, THAT'S THE THREAT FROM THE POLICE MINISTER. HE RECKONS A BAN ON PATCH WEARING WILL REDUCE CRIME. SO THIS MORNING, WE'LL ASK HOW HE AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER PLAN TO ENFORCE IT. COMING UP IN A FEW MOMENTS' TIME. AUCKLAND AIRPORT IS BOOSTING ITS FEES. NOW ONE AIRLINE IS THREATENING TO PULL OUT. AIR CHATHAMS AND THE AIRPORT JOIN US IN TWENTY MINUTES. I WILL GO AND DO A COFFEE RUN AFTER THIS. AND NASA IS AFTER VOLUNTEERS TO GO TO MARS... ..WELL KIND OF. THEY ARE AFTER PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE IN A SIMULATION FOR A YEAR. FIND OUT IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK - HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. COULD YOU GUYS VOLUNTEER? NOT TO WATCH A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A DESERT FOR 12 MONTHS. THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO THROW ME IN A SIMULATION. OR A SPACECRAFT UP TO MARS AND NOT COME BACK. I THINK I HAVE THE SKILLS. I'VE WORKED ON A PLANE SERVING DRINKS. GOT A BIT OF BACKGROUND. YOU MEAN YOU WOULD BE GOOD AT REHYDRATING THE MEALS? YES AND CLEANING THE AIRCRAFT. THE GOVERNMENT IS BEING ASKED TO PRIORITISE TEACHERS AS NCEA RESULTS TAKE A BIG HIT. NATIONALLY, STUDENTS ACHIEVING LEVEL ONE DROPPED NEARLY 5% FROM 2022, AND UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE DROPPED BY 3%. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN BIGGER DROPS IN THE REGIONS, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, WHERE LEVEL 3 ACHIEVEMENT IS DOWN 8%. CHAIR OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS COUNCIL KATE GAINSFORD BELIEVES TEACHERS SHOULDN'T BE OVERLOOKED. WELL, I THINK EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORKFORCE AT THE MOMENT. IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS, AND THAT HAS TO BE A TOP PRIORITY OF ANY GOVERNMENT. I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THIS GOVERNMENT TOO. GAINSFORD BELIEVES TEACHER SHORTAGES ARE HAVING A BIGGER IMPACT ON STUDENTS THAN SCHOOL STRIKES. STATE HIGHWAY 1 OVER THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS NORTH OF AUCKLAND IS CLOSED AS CRITICAL RESTORATION WORK GETS UNDERWAY. THREE DETOUR ROUTES ARE IN PLACE THROUGH COVE RD, PAPAROA OAKLEIGH RD AND STATE HIGHWAY 12 AND 14, WHICH MUST BE USED BY HEAVY VEHICLES. STATE HIGHWAY 1 WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL MAY 12, WITH A BRIEF RE-OPENING OVER EASTER WEEKEND IN LATE MARCH. FRESH AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN HAVE HIT CLOSE TO THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL, SANA'A. THE U.S. AND UK JOINT OPERATION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY NEW ZEALAND, HIT 18 HOUTHI REBEL TARGETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE HOUTHIS HAVE ATTACKED NUMEROUS SHIPS IN THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN AS RETRIBUTION FOR ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. UKRAINE SAYS THE TWO YEAR WAR WITH RUSSIA HAS CLAIMED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 31,000 TROOPS. THAT'S ON TOP OF A REPORTED CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL OF ALMOST 11,000. THE NUMBERS WERE RELEASED AS UKRAINE PLEADS FOR MORE AID TO CONTINUE FIGHTING, AND QUICKLY. THE COUNTRY'S DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS HALF OF PROMISED WESTERN AID IS TOO SLOW TO ARRIVE. A HUGE U.S. SUPPORT BILL REMAINS STUCK IN CONGRESS. AN RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT IN THE U.S. STATE OF ALABAMA HAS LEFT IVF PATIENTS IN LIMBO. THE UNPRECEDENTED RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYO ARE CHILDREN MEANS EMBRYO ARE COVERED BY THE STATE'S WRONGFUL DEATH OF A MINOR ACT. SOME IVF TREATMENT CLINICS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS TO PATIENTS, WITH A FEAR OF FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES IF EMBRYO ARE ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED. NOW PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. IF I AM CORRECT AT THIS POINT I COULD NOT EVEN ACCESS MY EMBRYO IF I NEEDED TO. THERE ARE NO OPTIONS. IT IS SO PERSONAL AND IT'S NOT ANYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO. IT'S HARD ENOUGH AS A WOMAN WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT GETTING INVOLVED. AUTHORITIES IN VICTORIA ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR EVACUATION PLANS READY AMID A LOOMING BUSHFIRE EMERGENCY. THE TOWNS OF BEAUFORT AND LEXTON ARE IN DANGER FROM A FIRE WHICH HAS ALREADY DESTROYED AT LEAST SIX RURAL PROPERTIES. AROUND 550 FIREFIGHTERS ARE TACKLING THE FLAMES WHICH HAVE SO FAR SCORCHED MORE THAN 17,000 HECTARES. OF MOST CONCERN, A FORECAST SPIKE IN HEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WHICH COULD GIVE THE FIRE A BOOST. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN THE FIELD IF THEY'RE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE IN THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND'S CATCHING PROBLEMS CONTINUED IN THEIR 27-RUN LOSS IN THE FINAL T20. MITCHELL SANTNER SAYS THE MISSED CHANCES CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERIES WHITEWASH. YOU KNOW, GIVING GUYS LIKE TRAVIS HEAD A COUPLE LIVES AND I THINK MITCH MARSH THE OTHER NIGHT, IT'S HARD TO, I GUESS, WRESTLE THE MOMENTUM BACK. AND I THOUGHT WE FOUGHT BACK QUITE WELL, AND IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS... I GUESS IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU GIVE GUYS EXTRA CHANCES. THE FIRST TEST AT THE BASIN RESERVE GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. LIVERPOOL'S WON THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP, BEATING CHELSA 1-0 THIS MORNING AFTER HAVING A SECOND HALF EFFORT OVERTURNED BY VAR. VIRGIL VAN DIJK FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET AGAIN IN EXTRA TIME. GREAT HEADER. THIS TIME... THIS TIME, IT'S GONNA COUNT. AND VIRGIL VAN DIJK HAS IN ALL PROBABILITY WON THE CUP FOR JURGEN KLOOP AND LIVERPOOL. IT'S LIVERPOOL'S 10th LEAGUE CUP WIN. THE REDS NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE WHERE THEY HOLD A ONE-POINT LEAD. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. 23 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 THE HIGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MASTERTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 26 TODAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 24 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. COMING UP TO 7:06. WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE POLICE MINISTER VERY SHORTLY BUT BEFORE WE GET THAT WE LIKE TO SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK. WHETHER YOU SPLIT THE BILL OR HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR MATES BEFORE GOING OUT TO DINNER OR DURING DINNER OR WHEN. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAVE RAISED ISSUES THAT I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE OUR PROBLEM OR THE RESTAURANTS PROBLEM. WE DON'T HAVE MUCH DIGITAL BANKING IN THIS COUNTRY, WE DON'T USE VENMO OR PAYPAL, BUT IF WE DID IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO SPLIT STUFF OR TRANSFER THINGS. RESTAURANTS DO NOT TELL YOU IN ADVANCE ONE CHEQUE PER TABLE. IF YOU SIT DOWN YOU WILL COP THE BILL AND YOU HAVE TO SPLIT IT LATER. JANICE SAYS SHE WAS IN A RESTAURANT A FEW WEEKS LATER, AT THE END OF THE MEAL AS WE WERE ABOUT TO SPLIT THE MEAL WE GET TOLD WE DON'T DO THAT HERE. ONE PERSON MUST PAY THE ENTIRE AMOUNT. WHY? EVEN IF YOU SAY IT'S EASY TO DO ONLINE TRANSACTION IT STILL REQUIRES ONE PERSON TO HAVE TO FRONT UP WHICH CAN BE A LOT. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM FOR THE RESTAURANT THERE? IF THEY DO MORE TRANSACTIONS THE USE OF THEIR EFPOS MACHINE GOES DOWN, AND THE WACA TO ENABLE HALF PERCENT SURCHARGE ON MY CREDIT CARD. THIS STEMS FROM A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCES. MANY OF YOU SAY IT'S NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S BUSINESS, OTHER PEOPLE ADMIT THEY ARE BROKE. BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDS ARE MORE ACCEPTING. YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR TACTICS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK I'M STRUGGLING AND YOU NEED TO BE ASSERTIVE AND SAY I CAN'T AFFORD TO GO OUT THIS WEEK. KEEP YOUR FEEDBACK COMING IN. E HAERE AKE NEI ` GANG PATCHES ARE SET TO BE BANNED BY THE COALITION GOVERNMENT. THE POLICE MINISTER WILL TELL US WHY HE'S DOING IT NEXT. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. GANG PATCHES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC AND POLICE WILL BE GIVEN EXTRA POWERS TO STOP GANG MEMBERS CONGREGATING UNDER NEW LAWS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT. LABOUR SAYS IT'S 'IMPRACTICAL' AND A LAW PROFESSOR CALLS IT A 'POLITICAL GIMMICK' AND THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IS EXPRESSING CONCERNS TOO. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE WILL BE VERY FEW POLICE AREAS OR DISTRICTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT CAN HAVE ENOUGH STAFF WORKING TO DEAL WITH THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF GANG MEMBERS WHO DECIDED TO DEFY PATCH WEARING. YOU KNOW, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH TO A DEGREE, HAMILTON, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THE OTHER BIG CENTRES. BUT, YOU KNOW - PLACES - IF YOU LOOK AT HAWKES BAY, HAWKES BAY HAS A MAJOR GANG PROBLEM, BUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE MIGHT HAVE, ON THE NIGHT SHIFT, SIX OR SEVEN COPS WORKING. IN NAPIER, YOU MIGHT HAVE A SERGEANT AND TWO OR THREE WORKING - HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DEAL WITH 20 GANG MEMBERS. HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS HAVE RAISED THE ALARM WHILE OTHERS HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING SOCIAL ISSUES THAT PROP UP GANGS. FOR MORE, POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL JOINS US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING, MINISTER. IT IS A PRETTY BRUTAL ASSESSMENT OF THESE POLICIES THAT WERE GIVEN BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. A PRACTICAL AND POLITICAL GIMMICK ` IS THAT FAIR? I'M NOT GOING TO BE LECTURED BY THE LABOUR PARTY OR ACADEMICS WENT OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE INCREASE IN GANG NUMBERS. WITHIN A HUGE INCREASE IN GANG VIOLENCE. FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS SAFETY NOW ` IT IS A FAR RISKIER JOB FOR THEM, AND THERE IS RISK TO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE CLAMPING DOWN ON THE GAMES. THEY ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. WE ARE PASSING LAWS NOW THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE THE POLICE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO START TO CLAMP DOWN ON THEM, AND GIVE THE PUBLIC A SENSE OF POLICE CONTROLLING THE STREETS AND NOT THE GANGS. WHERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY WORK? THE EVIDENCE AS I TOOK A PUBLIC MEMBER'S BILL THROUGH PARLIAMENT IN 2013 TO BAN GANG PATCHES IN SCHOOLS, NOW HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND THE POLICE HAVE USED THAT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAWKE'S BAY. I WAS DOWN THERE THREE YEARS AGO AFTER A DRIVE BY GANGS SHOOTING WHERE A DRIVER'S SEAT ENDED UP WITH SHOTGUN PELLETS ON IT. ANY DETECTIVE INSPECTOR WAS TELLING ME AND HAD BEEN EFFECTIVE AT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE GANGS, THE LEGISLATION. HOW MUCH OF THE LEGISLATION IS MODELLED OFF WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA? A FAIR BIT OF IT IS MODELLED OFF THAT. IF YOU GO BACK AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE ATTY GEN THERE, OR THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, THEY WILL TELL YOU IT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE AT SUPPRESSING THE GANGS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SUPPRESSING THE GANGS? THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE IS THAT... EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID, IS THAT THEY WILL SUPPRESS THE GANGS, BROKEN THEM UP, ARRESTED THEM. WHAT IT HAS ACTUALLY DONE IS PUSH GANGS INTO OTHER STATES WHERE THESE LAWS DON'T APPLY. IT IS SOMEONE ELSE'S ISSUE NOW. WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE IN AOTEAROA. AND HIGHLIGHTS HOW TOUGH THEIR GANG MEASURES ARE. SOME HAVE STAYED, AND THEY HAVE HAD TO COMPLY WITH THE LAWS. THEY ARE TOUGH LAWS. THEY CLAMP DOWN ON THE GANGSTERS UP I'M SORRY, ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING OUT AS GANG APOLOGISTS AND SAYING WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM, I TOTALLY REJECT THAT. POLICE OFFICERS NOW ARE MORE AT RISK THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN, BECAUSE THEY CARRY FIREARMS. WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THAT. WE ARE GOING TO PASS LAWS THAT CRACKDOWN ON THEM. THEREFORE, DO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLACE THIS LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH? ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS AS AN ADDITIONAL 500 POLICE OFFICERS. A COALITION PARTNER NEW ZEALAND FIRST COMMITTED TO A FURTHER 1800 WHEN THEY WERE LAST IN GOVERNMENT. WE WANT TO REINFORCE OUR LINE. NUMBERS DO MATTER FOR THE POLICE. THEY DO HAVE POWERS AND HAVE THE DISCRETION AS TO WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO APPLY THE LAW. THAT IS THE LEGISLATION WE WILL BE PASSING NOW. HAVE YOU HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE POLICE MINISTER ANDREW COSTER AND HAS HE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AND HOW IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED? WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO ENSURE THERE ARE POWERS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE THEIR TOOLS. HE IS COMMITTED. HE WANTS TO GO AFTER THE GANGS AS MUCH AS I DO. AND I COMPLETELY REJECT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICE FORCE ANYMORE THAT IS CAPABLE OF FULLY'S IN THE GANGS. OF COURSE THEY ARE. THERE IS CAPABILITY IN THERE, EXPERIENCE, AND THEY WILL USE IT. DID HE RAISE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION? NO, HE DIDN'T RAISE ANY CONCERNS WITH ME AT ALL, OTHER THAN HE THOUGHT THERE NEEDED TO BE ADDITIONAL SEARCH CAR WAS THERE TO MAKE THE POLICE MORE EFFECTIVE. AND I AGREE WITH HIM COMPLETELY. THAT IS WHY THERE ARE THOSE POWERS IN THE LEGISLATION. LASTLY, HOW DOES THE LEGISLATION DEAL WITH THE PROTECTIONS AND FREEDOMS OF THE NEW ZEALAND CITIZENS? TALKING ABOUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS. JUDITH COLLINS WILL BE SUBMITTING A REPORT ON THAT. HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH MINISTER COLLINS? YES. I HAVE BEEN ON SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH HER. SHE IS COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH ME THAT OUR FOCUS AT THE MOMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAKING SURE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, AREN'T EXPOSED TO THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE ` DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS, THE USE OF FIREARMS, TAKING OVER PUBLIC SPACES AND INTIMIDATING PEOPLE. PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE PUT UP WITH THAT ANYMORE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE LECTURED BY GINNY ANDERSONA ROUND PUBLIC SAFETYWHEN FOR SIX YEARS WE HAVE ENDED UP IN THE SITUATION. THANK YOU. SO, HOW WILL THE LAW ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED? WE'LL ASK THE POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER IN HALF AN HOUR. E HAERE AKE NEI - AUCKLAND AIRPORT IS RAISING FEES FOR PLANES. NOW ONE AIRLINE THREATENS TO PULL THE PLUG. WE'LL ASK THEM WHAT THAT MEANS FOR PASSENGERS. # TAKING ME BACK THERE. # IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER. THERE ARE FEARS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED AIRLINE COULD BE GROUNDED AS AUCKLAND AIRPORT HIKES ITS FEES. THE AIRPORT PLANS TO SPEND UP TO $8 BILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE UPGRADING FACILITIES. IT'S ASKING AIRLINES TO HELP FOOT THE BILL WHICH MEANS YOU, THE PASSENGER, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO PAY FOR IT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO AUCKLAND AIRPORT SHORTLY, BUT FIRST WE'RE JOINED BY DUANE EMENY FROM AIR CHATHAMS. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. YOU ARE A SMALL AIRLINE, YOU SERVICE AIRPORTS BIG AND SMALL, CAN YOU AFFORD TO PAY? THIS ONE PARTICULAR IS HARD TO STOMACH BECAUSE THE SCALE OF IT. AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR BUSINESS, WHAT IS THE BENEFIT THAT YOU ARE BEING PROMISED BY AUCKLAND AIRPORT? THAT'S HARD TO QUANTIFY. THERE ARE SOME WORKS GOING AROUND. TAXIWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE OPERATE OUT OF THE DOMESTIC TERMINAL. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS NOT ON THE ROADMAP FOR THIS PRICE SETTING, THAT IS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE ELSE DOWN THE ROAD, AND FOR THE TIME BEING, AIRLINES LIKE US HAVE TO PUT UP WHAT WE'VE WHAT DO YOU THINK THE INCREASED COST WILL BE? HOW MUCH MORE WHEN I PAY FROM AUCKLAND TO KAPITI? IS QUITE CHALLENGING. PRICING IS ACTUALLY SET BY DEMAND. WE CAN COME FOR $100, HAVE A GO AND SEE WHAT THAT DOES MY CUSTOMER DEMAND, BUT AS A BUSINESS WE ARE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW TO DO THAT. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, THE CHATHAM ISLANDS FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A COMMUNITY THAT IS DOING EXTREMELY TOUGH. THEIR COST OF LIVING IS HIGH. PUTTING UP THE AIRFARES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY, YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT. I WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT $100 PER EXTRA PER PLANE TICKET, IS THAT THE SORT OF SCALE THAT PASSENGERS ON YOUR AIRLINE ARE FACING? THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE I WAS USING ON YOUR QUESTION, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST PASSING IT ALL ONTO THE CUSTOMER AND EXPECTING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLY. WHAT WOULD IT MEAN, THEN, IF THE REVIEW GOES THROUGH, AND ASSESS THE CHARGES ARE GOING THROUGH, AND THIS IS THE WORK WE ARE GOING TO DO, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE COST, IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO CHANGE ROUTS OR FORCE THAT YOU LIKE TO CLOSE? WE ARE ALWAYS ASSESSING THE VIABILITY, WHETHER THAT BE TO THE REMOTE ISLANDS, WHEN WE LOOKING AT EACH ROUTE INDIVIDUALLY. WE HAVE TO CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THOSE AREAS. WHERE HAVING TO DO THAT AGAIN NOW BECAUSE OF THIS RISING TIDE OF COST EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT RATE RISES. FOR PEOPLE TO DIG INTO THEIR POCKETS IS A REALLY BIG ASK. EVERYTHING JUST HAS TO BE IN BALANCE. THAT'S WHERE, IN THIS CASE, PARTICULARLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE INPUT FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ON HOW IMPORTANT THESE ESSENTIAL AIRLINES ARE TO THESE PLACES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, WE APPRECIATE IT. SCOTT TASKER LEADS AUCKLAND AIRPORT'S AERONAUTICAL COMMERCIAL TEAM. HE JOINS US NOW. YOU WILL HAVE HOPEFULLY HEARD THE ARGUMENT FROM TWAIN, HE IS TALKING ABOUT ADDING A LOT OF MONEY TO SOME OF THOSE PASSAGES TICKETS. HOW COME LITTLE AIRLINES LIKE AIR CHATHAMS I GOING TO BE STUNNED BY THE CHARGES? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT OF ALL AIRLINES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED SEVEN DOLLARS PER PASSENGER TO OPERATE AIRLINES. BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2027, WE WILL ONLY BE JUST CHARGING AROUND ABOUT THE SAME PER PASSENGER AS WHAT WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH CHARGE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY AIR CHATHAM IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO SERVE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THEM SINCE I STARTED OPERATING. WE ARE NOT THE BUSINESS OF POSITING A SMALL AIRLINES OUT OF BUSINESS. THE FACTORS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN THIS AIRPORT TO ENSURE THAT NEW ZEALAND HAS A RESILIENCE GATEWAY AND THAT OUR BORDER AGENCIES CAN PROTECT TO THE BORDER, AND THAT WE ARE FUTURE PROOFED. BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO PROTECT THE BORDER. THEY ARE A REGIONAL AIRLINE, OPERATING OUT OF THE REGIONAL TERMINAL. IT'S VERY HARD TO QUANTIFY ANY BENEFIT THAT THEY GET FROM CONTRIBUTING TO THIS COSTS. AN AS A COMPANY MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, CAN YOU NOT FOR THE WORK YOURSELF? IS IMPORTANT WE INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. TERMINALS, AIRFIELD, TRANSPORT, ROADS, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE LOCALE ATTRITION AIRLINES AND STORMWATER. ALL AIRLINES THAT USE AUCKLAND AIRPORT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE. THEY WILL MAKE AUCKLAND AIRPORT RESILIENCE AND FUTURE PROOF FOR ALL AIRLINES THAT USE THE FACILITIES. WHAT SUPPORT CAN YOU OFFER AIR CHATHAM IF THEY SAY THEY CANNOT OPERATE AS THEY DO NOW. WHAT OFFER OF HELP CAN AUCNKALD AIRPORT GIVE THEM? THEY ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN DOLLARS, AND THEY ARE LOWER CURRENTLY THAN WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS CHARGE. THE OTHER ABORTED CONTEXTS IS THAT REGIONAL AIRFARES HAVE ACTUALLY RISEN BY $40 ON AVERAGE. WE DON'T THINK OUR CHARGES ARE UNREASONABLE, AND WE THINK THAT OUR PLANS TO UPGRADE AND MAKE THE AIRPORT RESILIENCE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. WE ARE GOING TO GET ON AND GET UNDERWAY WITH THOSE VERY IMPORTANT UPGRADES. THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACK DOWN ON GANGS HAS STEPPED UP, WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW LAWS. GANG PATCHES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC AREAS, AND POLICE WILL HAVE MORE POWER TO STOP GANG MEMBERS CONGREGATING IN PUBLIC. THE MOVES HAVE BEEN MET WITH MIXED REACTION, BUT POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS IT'S TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO FEEL A SENSE OF PROTECTION. WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR. WE CAMPAIGNED ON THIS, AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA CLAMP DOWN ON THE GANGS. THEY'RE NOT ABOVE THE LAW. EVERYONE SEEMS TO THINK THAT THEY CAN IGNORE OUR LAWS AND THEY'RE ABOVE THE LAW; THEY'RE NOT. AND SO WE'RE PASSING LAWS NOW THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA GIVE THE POLICE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO START TO CLAMP DOWN ON THEM AND GIVE THE PUBLIC A SENSE THAT OUR POLICE ARE CONTROLLING THE STREETS AND NOT THE GANGS. AND POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER WILL JOIN BREAKFAST LATER IN THE SHOW. SENTENCING IN THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND CASE WILL BEGIN TODAY IN AN AUCKLAND COURT. SIX PARTIES ARE BEING SENTENCED FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY FAILURES LEADING UP TO THE 2019 ERUPTION, WHICH KILLED 22 PEOPLE AND INJURED 25 OTHERS. VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER WILL TELL THE COURT HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEIR LIVES. THE COURT WILL CONSIDER WHAT REPARATION IS AVAILABLE TO SURVIVORS. ISRAEL SAYS TALKS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF MORE HOSTAGES FROM THE OCTOBER SEVENTH ATTACKS ARE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT CLAIM CAME AS POLICE AND PROTESTERS CLASHED IN TEL AVIV. THE DEMONSTRATORS SAY IT'S CLEAR MILITARY ACTION IS NOT HELPING SECURE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. HAMAS SAYS THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF ROADBLOCKS TO ANY AGREEMENT. AMONG THEM, ISRAEL'S HARD LINE STANCE ON ONGOING MILITARY ACTION. TALKS ARE SCHEDULED TO RESUME IN QATAR LATER THIS WEEK. UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS ARE VOWING TO KEEP FIGHTING AMID SHORTAGES OF EQUIPMENT AS THE WAR PASSES ITS TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. ON FRIDAY, NATO SIGNED A DEAL WHICH WILL SUPPLY SOME SHELLS TO UKRAINIAN BATTALIONS, BUT A MASSIVE FUNDING BILL FROM THE U.S. REMAINS TIED UP IN CONGRESS. UKRAINE'S DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS HALF OF PROMISED WESTERN ARMS DELIVERIES TO NOT ARRIVE ON TIME. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE MARCHED IN AN ANTI-FAR RIGHT PROTEST IN HAMBURG. THE MARCH IS PART OF AN ONGOING WAVE OF DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH STARTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. THEY'RE PROTESTING AGAINST THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT 'ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY' PARTY, WHICH IS GAINING SUPPORT IN A NUMBER OF POLLS AHEAD OF STATE ELECTIONS LATER THIS YEAR. NEW ZEALAND'S GIANT CARNIVOROUS SNAILS ARE FACING EXTINCTION. THE LATEST THREAT CLASSIFICATION REPORT SHOWS THAT OF THE 109 SPECIES, NEARLY HALF HAVE DECLINED IN STATUS. AN EXPERT PANEL IS PUSHING FOR ACTION TO PROTECT THE SNAILS' HABITAT AND CONTROL PREDATORS TO BOOST THE GIANT SNAILS' POPULATION. DOC'S KATH WALKER SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A PERFECT STORM OF FACTORS THAT HAVE LED TO THE DECLINE IN NUMBERS. WE'VE BEEN WARMING THE CLIMATE. NOW, THAT'S GOT QUITE A FEW EFFECTS. IT'S ALLOWED RATS TO GO HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS, BECAUSE IT'S NOW WARMER, AND THEY CAN SURVIVE THERE. IT'S DRYING OUT THE SOILS AND INCREASING DROUGHTS. IF THE HIGH RATE OF DECLINE CONTINUES, THE SNAIL POPULATION COULD CRASH BY A FURTHER 95% OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. TO SPORT, AND THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES HAVE BEEN NAMED FOR THE PARIS OLYMPICS. JULIAN DAVID AND SARAH TETZLAFF ARE THE FIRST CLIMBERS EVER SELECTED TO REPRESENT AOTEAROA AT THE OLYMPICS. THE PAIR QUALIFIED AFTER WINNING THEIR DIVISIONS AT THE OCEANIA TOURNAMENT. DAVID LAST WEEK EARNED THE EMERGING TALENT AWARD AT THE HALBERGS AND IS THE CURRENT JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPION. AND WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE PAIR JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK. THE NEW ZEALAND SAIL GP TEAM HAS SCORED ANOTHER PODIUM FINISH AT THE SERIES' LATEST STOP IN SYDNEY. THE KIWI CREW QUALIFIED FOR THE THREE-BOAT FINAL BUT FINISHED BEHIND DENMARK AND AUSTRALIA AFTER PICKING UP A PENALTY AT THE START LINE. DRIVER NATHAN OUTTERIDGE HAPPY WITH HIS CONTRIBUTION, AFTER BEING CALLED IN TO COVER FOR THE ABSENT PETER BURLING. IT'S GOOD OVERALL POINTS FOR THE TEAM FOR THE SEASON, AND PETE'S GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND SHOW THAT HE'S BETTER THAN ME, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO CHRISTCHURCH IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND, YEAH, I'M SURE PETE'S GONNA BE FIRED UP TO BE BACK ON THE BOAT. AUSTRALIA'S WIN KEEPS THEM TOP OF THE STANDINGS, WITH NEW ZEALAND SECOND. THE NEXT REGATTA IS IN CHRISTCHURCH IN FOUR WEEKS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. 23 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 THE HIGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MASTERTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 26 TODAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 24 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. ME U TONU MAI ` THE POLICE COMMISSIONER'S MAMMOTH TASK TO REIGN IN THE GANGS. BUT WILL BANNING PATCHES MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE? POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER WILL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS NEXT. POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER IS '100% ON BOARD' WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW ANTI-GANG LAWS, ACCORDING TO JUSTICE MINISTER PAUL GOLDSMITH. NEW PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL SEE GANG PATCHES BANNED AND POLICE GIVEN EXTRA POWERS TO STOP GANG MEMBERS FROM CONGREGATING. BUT POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CHRIS CAHILL SAYS OUTSIDE OF OUR BIGGEST CITIES THERE'S 'VERY FEW' DISTRICTS THAT WILL HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO ENFORCE THE NEW LAWS. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER. GOOD MORNING. ARE YOU 100% ON BOARD WITH THE PLAN? WE WELCOME THE BILLS THAT WILL HELP US PUT PRESSURE ON THE GANG'S. THEY PUT FEAR INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET ON TOP OF THAT. HAPPY TALK TO MARK MITCHELL ABOUT ANY RESOURCES YOU MIGHT NEED TO PUT THEY ARE FROM A SMALL STAFF OF POLICE, AND THAT WILL BE A GREAT HELP. I SUSPECT SOME OF THIS WILL BE USED IN THE GANG ENVIRONMENT. WE CONTINUE TO ADVISE MINISTERS IN ORDER TO HAVE THE POLICE BE SUCCESSFUL. ARE YOU CONCERNED THE LEGISLATION WILL GO THROUGH BEFORE YOU HAVE 500 EXTRA OFFICERS? THIS LEGISLATION PROVIDES EXTRA TOOLS. HOW AND WHERE THEY ARE USED WILL ALWAYS BE A MATTER FOR JUDGEMENT. SOMETIMES OUR STAFF WILL GET IN AND DO THE ENFORCEMENT AT THE TIME, OTHER TIMES WE WILL COME BACK AT THE TIME OF OUR CHOOSING, WITH A SEARCH WARRANT OR WHATEVER ELSE IS NEEDED TO SEND A MESSAGE. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WOODWIND THIS IS USED. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL YOUR OFFICERS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A RISK ASSESSMENT. LET'S CHOOSE OPOTIKI AS AN EXAMPLE. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE OFFICER TO DO IN A SITUATION? IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CASE THAT OUR STAFF HAVE TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGEMENT ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT THEIR FORCE AT WORK. IN THOSE SMALL TOWNS THEY CAN BE OUTNUMBERED. BUT ALSO WE GET GOOD INTELLIGENCE ON GANG ACTIVITY AND WE ARE ABLE TO MOBILISE RESOURCE TO SUPPORT. YOU HAVE SEEN THAT WITH RECENT FUNERALS WHEN WE HAVE ROLLED EXTRA SUPPORT IN. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT FUNERALS, THIS IS ABOUT SOMEONE WALKING DOWN MAIN STREET. THEY ARE MASSIVELY OUTNUMBERED. IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION THEY MAY BE, BUT THEY WILL EXERCISE JUDGEMENTS AS THEY DO TODAY, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO WIN AT THE TIME, BUT WE WILL WIN AT THE END. THAT MAY LOOK LIKE ROLLING INTO TOWN WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF STAFF AND DOING A SEARCH WARRANT. IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT BANNING GANG PATCHES ACTUALLY WORKS? IT'S BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN AUSTRALIA. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS THAT OUR GANGS TRADE ON THE FEAR CAUSED BY THE PATCH, TO COVER VIOLENCE, ORGANISED CRIME ACTIVITY. I ALSO KNOW THAT REPUTATION IS HOW THEY RECRUIT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE A RANGE OF THINGS THERE THAT ADDRESSING THE PATCH WILL ASSIST WITH. WHEN WE LOOK AT AUSTRALIA, THOUGH, THERE ARE HUGE PROBLEMS WITH HOW THAT WAS IN FORCE, AND WHAT GANG MEMBERS DID TO SKIRT AROUND THE RULES. THIS WILL PUNCH THE PROBLEM TO ANOTHER DISTRICT, WON'T IT? THE GANGS ARE ADAPTIVE, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM AND THIS IS ANOTHER SET OF TOOLS THAT WILL HELP US TO TARGETS THAT PROBLEM. I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN MOBILISE IN THE RIGHT WAY TO GET SUCCESS WITH THIS. ARE GANG PATCHES THE ACTUAL PROBLEM HERE. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CRIME, ARE PATCHES THE PROBLEM? WHAT ARE YOUR RESOURCES BE BETTER DIRECTED AT THEIR ILLICIT ACTIVITY? WE ARE DOING ALL OF THAT. YOU WILL HAVE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND THE DESTRUCTION OF SIX MOTORCYCLES RELATING TO AN ORGANISED CRIME INVESTIGATION. THAT WORK CONTINUES. UNDER THE COVER OF THE PATCH, GANGS BRING ALL SORTS OF HARM ON OUR COMMUNITIES. THE FOCUS ON THEM IS IMPORTANT, AND IT SOMETHING THIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CLEAR ABOUT. WHEN WE LOOK ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID, AN OFFICER CALLED PETE KING RAISED CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS NOT THE RIGHT APPROACH. HE WAS AN OFFICER IN A PLACE WITH A HEAVY GANG POPULATION. WHAT ARE FRONT-LINE OFFICERS TELLING YOU? THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS THING TO SET ABOUT DOING. IT WILL BE CHALLENGING IN SOME LOCATIONS. POLICING AND SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS LIKE OPOTIKI IS A REALLY TOUGH GIG. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOBILISE THE RIGHT RESOURCE INTO THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THE GANGS ARE NOT COMPLYING. WHAT ARE FRONT-LINE OFFICERS TELLING YOU? I GET A WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS, FROM ONE'S SIMILAR TO THE ONES YOU HAVE HEARD, TO ONES THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING A GREATER IMPACT ON GANGS. IT IS HARD TO SUMMARISE THE AVERAGE FEELING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OFFICERS WILL WELCOME EXTRA POWERS. WE WANT TO ASK YOU, IS BANNING GANG PATCHES THE SOLUTION? E WHAI AKE NEI ` NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST OLYMPIC TEAM HAS JUST BEEN NAMED. WE'LL RACE TO THAT AFTER THE BREAK. STAY WITH US. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WE HAVE GOT OUR LATEST OLYMPIANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US SHORTLY. SPEED CLIMBING. YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS. I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR EVENT. I AM AND VISIONING THEM LIKE SPIDER-MAN. IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT. QUICK CLIMB AND HIT THE TIMER AT THE TOP. I CAN IMAGINE THE, WHAT YOU CALL IT, THE MUSCLES. I CANNOT EVEN CLIMB A ROPE LET ALONE CLIMB UP THE TOP. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL QUALIFY ANYTIME SOON FOR THE OLYMPICS, DANIEL. WE ARE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM YOU AROUND THE NEW GANG LEGISLATION THAT WILL COME INTO` POLICE WILL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT IN THE COMING MONTHS. LISA SAYS ` I FEEL SAFER KNOWING WHO AND WHERE THEY ARE AND I CAN DISCREETLY AVOID IF I CHOOSE TO DO SO. GIVE THEM ALL A T-SHIRT SO WE CAN EASILY IDENTIFY THEM. ISN'T THAT THE SAME AS GANG PATCHES? THE NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BAN GANG PATCHES AND PUBLIC PLACES. HALEY HAS WRITTEN IN ` IS IT A SOLUTION? SHE SAYS NO. THEY WILL BE BETTER PUTTING THAT MONEY INTO SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS AND TARGETING ISSUES THAT MAKE PEOPLE JOIN A GANG IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT IS WHAT THE RESEARCH ACTUALLY TELLS US ` THAT LOOKING AT THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE GO INTO GANGS AND ACTUALLY TARGETING IT AT THAT POINT AS OPPOSED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS AT NOW AND BANNING GANG PATCHES BUT ALSO BANNING WHEN THEY CONGREGATE. THAT WILL BE UP TO THE POLICE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE ARE SHORT ON POLICE AT THE MOMENT, SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE. SUE SAYS IT IS A RIDICULOUS USE OF RESOURCES. ACTUALLY, PAUL, WHAT ABOUT ALL OF THE CLUBS WHERE PATCHES` ARE THEY GOING TO BAN THEM AS WELL? THAT IS WHERE IT COMES DOWN TO. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GANGS. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A GANG, ET CETERA? WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO THE POLICE MINISTER EARLIER ON, THE EVIDENCE WHICH YOU ASKED HIM, WHERE WAS HE GETTING THE EVIDENCE FROM, WAS FROM AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY, WHICH HE SAYS SHOW THAT IT WORKED BY GETTING PEOPLE, AND THEY SAW THAT GANGS WERE SUPPRESSED. THEY WERE MOVING TO OTHER STATES. IN AUSTRALIA, THERE ARE DIFFERENT LAWS IN DIFFERENT STATES, SO THEY WERE MOVING OUT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AND THEY BECOME SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM. WE CANNOT DO THAT HERE. THERE IS ONE LAW FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. ALAN ` I WONDER WHETHER LINE IN THE SAND IS? WHAT IS A GANG AND WHAT IS A MOTORBIKE CLUB? ARE ALL SPORTS CLUBS GOING TO BE BANNED FROM WEARING THE COLOURS? IF I AM A PART OF A GLOP THAT IS NOT IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES, WILL I BE BANNED FROM THAT? CAN I STILL WEAR A CLUB T-SHIRT? IT IS AN ILL THOUGHT OUT IDEA FROM AN OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY GOVERNMENT. A LOT OF FEEDBACK COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWS ON THE GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON GANGS. IT IS 7:55. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS IS VERY MUCH ON, AND WE ARE LIVE FOR THE VERY FIRST TEAM NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF THE GAMES. OUR SPEED CLIMBERS HAVE JUST BEEN SELECTED, AND ATHLETES JULIAN DAVID AND SARAH TETZLAFF AND THEIR COACH ROB MOORE JOIN US THIS MORNING. KIA ORA, TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS. HOW SITING IS THIS TO OFFICIALLY BE THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND ATHLETES ANNOUNCED TO GO TO THE GAMES? I AM SO STOKED. IT IS SUCH A CRAZY THING. VERY EXCITED. IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG JOURNEY TO GET HERE. IT IS JUST CRAZY. THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHAT IS SPEED CLIMBING? CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH THE EVENT ITSELF AND WHAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS? AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A WALL BEHIND US. IT IS A 15 M TALL WALL. THE RACE TO THE TOP OF IT. OKAY. IS BASICALLY LIKE ROCK CLIMBING ON STEROIDS? THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO EXPLAIN IT. LIKE A 100 M SPRINT BUT VERTICAL. YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FEET HAVE TO GO, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE WORKING TO? YES, EXACTLY. THIS IS KIND OF KNEW FOR THE SPORT. IT HAD ITS DEBUT AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS. OUR SPECIALISM FOR YOU TO SEE YOUR SPORT AT THE SPOTLIGHT ON THESE TWO IN PARTICULAR GOING TO PARIS? SPEED CLIMBING IS NOT QUITE SO NEW. IT HAS BEEN AROUND ON A STANDARDISED WALL LIKE THIS IS 2006. WE STARTED OUR HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROGRAM IN 2021. WE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR TWO YEARS NOW. OUR AIM AFTER TOKYO WAS TO GET TO SPEAK CLIMBERS TO THE OLYMPICS, AND HERE WE ARE, TWO YEARS LATER, RUNNING ON THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY THE MOST AMAZING TEAM. THE CLIMBERS HAVE WORKED SO HARD, NOT JUST THESE GUYS BUT THE WHOLE TEAM. WE ARE HERE NOW. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE, ACTUALLY. THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. ARE YOU AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF THAT GOAL? YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO GET AT LEAST TO THE OLYMPICS, BUT WITHIN A FEW YEARS, THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. ABSOLUTELY. OUR GOAL WAS ALWAYS LOS ANGELES 2028. BY STUART QUALIFY THESE GUYS AND GET SELECTED COMING INTO PARIS, IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. AS FAR AS OUR PATHWAY GOES AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, IT IS A HUGE STEP FOR US, AND WE ARE DEFINITELY AHEAD OF OUR SCHEDULE. THESE GUYS, THE WAY THEY ARE PERFORMING ON THE WORLD STAGE AND THE WAY THAT THEIR TIMES ARE COMING DOWN ALL OF THE TIME AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED, IT IS SO EXCITING FOR THE FUTURE. SARAH, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE TACTICS. IF IT IS THE SAME PATH UP THE WALL EVERY TIME, WHAT CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE RACE ITSELF? DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT IS A FAMILIAR RACE WHEN YOU ARE DOING IT? OR IS IT DIFFERENT ALL OF THE TIME? I WOULD SAY IT FEELS PRETTY SIMILAR EVERY TIME YOU DO IT. WE ALSO PRACTICE AT HOME USING RITUALS TO MAKE EVERY COMPETITION FELT THE SAME. I CAN BE OVERSEAS AT A COMPETITION AND FEEL LIKE I AM STANDING AT MY HOME WALL. YOU DEFINITELY TAKE DIFFERENT TACTICS INTO EACH ONE. YOU DO GET TO PRACTICE RUNS BEFORE YOU COMPETE, SO THAT FAR ABOUT FEELING WHAT THE WALL IS LIKE FIGURING WHERE YOU ARE STANDING ON THE DAY, AND YOU GET TO QUALIFYING RUNS. THE BEST ONE, YOU HOLD YOURSELF BACK A LITTLE BIT TO GET A BIT OF TIME ON THE WALL, AND IN THE SECOND ONE, YOU JUST GO FOR IT WITHOUT A FALSE START. I AM CONSCIOUS OF THE TIME, AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO BE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US A DEMONSTRATION. I YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? IS ONE OF YOU GOING TO BE CLIMBING UP THE WALL FOR US? THE WALL IS BEHIND US AND IT IS OUR TRAINING WALL. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE OUTSIDE, BUT IT IS RAINING. THIS IS ONLY HALF OF THE WALL. IT GOES INTO SECTIONS. HOPEFULLY IF WE HAVE GOT TIME, YOU WILL GET TO SEE BOTH SECTIONS. JULIAN WILL JUMP ON THE FIRST SECTION AND SARAH ON THE SECOND. LET'S CRACK INTO IT. SARAH IS GOING TO BE DOING THE STARTING AT THE MOMENT. THERE IS A STARTING SEQUENCE THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH. JULIAN WILL JUMP ON THIS. IT PULLS UP FROM THE TOP. THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT IS PULLING A ROPE FOR YOU SO THAT IT STAYS THE SAME TENSION ALL OF THE TIME. IT PULLS AT 2 KG, SO THAT IS HARDLY ANYTHING. IT PULLS UP AT ABOUT 6 M A SECOND. IT CAN KEEP UP WITH HIM AS A IS GOING. ZERO IS STARTING THE TIMER. LOOK AT THAT. THAT WAS 12 M AND FOUR SECONDS. THAT IS PRETTY FAST. SARAH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE TOP SECTION NOW. SHE IS JUST MOVING OVER THE PAD THAT THEY STOP ON. EVERY TIME THEY START, THEY STARTED BACK WITH THE SAME. SHE WILL START HERE. JULIAN WILL DO THE TIMING SYSTEM FOR HER. SHE IS JUST PUTTING SOME CHALK ON HER HANDS. JULIAN WILL START THE BEATS FOR THE TOP SECTION. THESE TWO SECTIONS ARE USUALLY ADDED TOGETHER. RIGHT. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE HARDEST SECTION. THE LAST THREE MODES OF THE HARDEST MODES ON THE WHOLE CLIMB. GENERALLY YOU ARE GETTING UP TO 15 M INDIA, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE HARDEST MOVES RIGHT AT THE VERY TOP. THAT IS WHAT MAKES A VERY TRICKY. THAT IS THE MOST SPECTACULAR PART. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU, JULIAN AND THERAPY JOINING US. WE HAVE TO GET TO THE NEWS, BUT GOOD LUCK FOR PARIS. GO TEAM. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS WELCOMED NEW LAWS THAT HE SAYS WILL GIVE POLICE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO CRACK DOWN ON GANGS IN AOTEAROA. GANG PATCHES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC AREAS AND POLICE WILL HAVE MORE POWER TO STOP GANG MEMBERS CONGREGATING IN PUBLIC. POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER SAYS THE NEW APPROACH HAS HAD MIXED REVIEWS FROM HIS FRONT LINE STAFF. LOOK, I GET A WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS FROM THE ONES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD RIGHT THROUGH TO THOSE THAT ARE RECITED BUT THE PROSPECT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE A GREATER IMPACT ON GANGS. IT IS HARD TO SUMMARISE THE AVERAGE BILLING, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, OFFICERS WILL WELCOME ADDITIONAL POWERS TO DO THEIR JOB. THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR IT'S UP TO THE POLICE TO MANAGE THEIR ALREADY SLIM RESOURCING. THERE ARE FEARS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED AIRLINE, AIR CHATHAMS, COULD BE GROUNDED IF AUCKLAND AIRPORT HIKES FEES. THE AIRPORT PLANS TO SPEND UP TO $8b OVER THE NEXT DECADE UPGRADING FACILITIES. AIRLINES WILL HELP FOOT THE BILL, WHICH MEANS SOME OF THAT COST WILL ALSO BE PASSED ON TO PASSENGERS. AIR CHATHAMS SAYS DESPITE ABSORBING THE COST, ITS CUSTOMERS WON'T BE BENEFITING FROM THE PROPOSED UPGRADES. TO OPERATE OUT OF THE DOMESTIC TERMINAL, THE REGIONAL TERMINAL, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH AUCKLAND AIRPORT IS THAT THAT IS NOT ON THE ROADMAP FOR THIS EVENT. THAT IS PROBABLY SOME WAY DOWN THE ROAD, SO FOR THE TIME BEING, AIRLINES LIKE A CHATHAM'S, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO PUT UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOT. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING THE INCREASED COSTS. BUT AUCKLAND AIRPORT'S SCOTT TASKER SAYS THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN COSTS WILL BRING CHARGES IN LINE WITH OTHER AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AIRLINES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED SEVEN DOLLARS PER REGIONAL PASSENGER TO USE A AUCKLAND AIRPORT. THAT HAS INCREASED FROM AROUND FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR AGO. OUR PRICES PER PASSENGER ARE LOWER THAN OTHER COMPARATIVE AIRPORTS IN NEW ZEALAND. BY THE TIME WE GET TO 2027, WE WILL ONLY BE JUST CHARGING AROUND ABOUT THE SAME PURPOSE AND IS WHAT WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH CHARGE. MR TASKER SAYS THESE UPGRADES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR FUTURE-PROOFING THE AIRPORT FACILITIES. FRESH AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN HAVE HIT CLOSE TO THE COUNTRY'S CAPITAL, SANA'A. THE U.S. AND UK JOINT OPERATION, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY NEW ZEALAND, HIT 18 HOUTHI REBEL TARGETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE HOUTHIS HAVE ATTACKED NUMEROUS SHIPS IN THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN ` IN THE RED SEA AND GULF OF ADEN AS RETRIBUTION FOR ISRAEL'S WAR AGAINST HAMAS. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL BE HOPING FOR REINFORCEMENTS AHEAD OF THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. KANE WILLIAMSON AND DARRYL MITCHELL MISSED THE ENTIRE T20 SERIES, WHILE DEVIN CONWAY AND RACHIN RAVINDRA SAT OUT GAMES. MITCHELL SANTNER LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER CRACK AT THE AUSSIES. THIS SERIES AS WELL ` WORLD CUP ` ANOTHER CLOSE LOSS. SO I GUESS THEY'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE ON US RECENTLY. BUT I GUESS THE SUMMER HAS BEEN BUILDING UP TO THESE TWO GAMES. AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OUT THE SUMMER, AND I KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT BOTH GROUNDS, WHICH IS COOL. THE FIRST TEST AT THE BASIN RESERVE GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY ` AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH IT ALL LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+. LIVERPOOL'S WON THE ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP, BEATING CHELSEA 1-0 THIS MORNING. AFTER HAVING A SECOND HALF EFFORT OVERTURNED BY VAR, VIRGIL VAN DIJK FOUND THE BACK OF THE NET AGAIN IN EXTRA TIME. GREAT HEADER. THIS TIME... THIS TIME, IT'S GONNA COUNT. AND VIRGIL VAN DIJK HAS JUST SWOOPED, AND IN ALL PROBABILITY WON THE CUP FOR JURGEN KLOOP AND LIVERPOOL. IT'S LIVERPOOL'S 10th LEAGUE CUP WIN. THE REDS NOW TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE WHERE THEY HOLD A ONE-POINT LEAD. BEYONCE'S BEING CREDITED WITH SHIFTING THE DIAL ON COUNTRY MUSIC. SHE'S BECOME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO TOP BILLBOARD'S HOT 100 COUNTRY CHART. HERE'S THE ABC'S REENA ROY. # THIS AIN'T TEXAS, AIN'T NO HOLD'EM. THIS MORNING, QUEEN BEY ADDING ANOTHER JEWEL TO HER CROWN, MAKING HISTORY YET AGAIN WITH HER NEW COUNTRY HITS. BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN EVER TO TOP BILLBOARD'S HOT COUNTRY MUSIC CHARTS. TEXAS HOLD'EM HOLDING THAT NUMBER ONE SPOT, AHEAD OF HER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM, 'ACT II'. IT'S BE THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO DEBUT AT NUMBER ONE, FOR TEXAS HOLD'EM. THAT'S HISTORY IN ITSELF. THE BEY-HIVE BUZZING ALONG WITH THE COUNTRY MUSIC WORLD, ALSO PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON OTHER BLACK FEMALE ARTISTS WHO ARE MAKING THEIR OWN WAY IN THE GENRE, LIKE TANNER ADELL... # ...BACK ROAD. IT'S THE COWGIRL STYLE. # ...AND MICKEY GUYTON. WRITING ` BEYONCE ISN'T THE ONLY BLACK ARTIST TAPPING INTO THAT COUNTRY GENRE, AND IT'S GOOD THAT THIS IS A CONVERSATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO OPEN THE DOORS FOR LIKE, NEW COUNTRY ARTISTS THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. NOT GREAT. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. 23 FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. 25 DEGREES IN NAPIER. 23 FOR GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 21 IN THE CAPITAL. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. IT IS THE SPOT TO BE. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. NICE AND SUNNY ON BLENHEIM. 26 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. 23 FOR CHRISTCHURCH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. 20 IN QUEENSTOWN. THANKS, CHRIS. SINCE THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED TO GET TOUGH ON THE GANGS. POLICE MINISTER MARK MITCHELL SAYS FOR TOO LONG THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACT AS IF THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW. BUT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW STEPS TO GO THROUGH BEFORE THE POLICY BECOMES LAW, INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT BANNING GANG PATCHES IS A BREACH OF HUMAN RIGHTS. HERE FOR MORE IS OUR POLITICAL PANEL OF TE PATI MAORI CO-LEADER RAWIRI WAITITI, AND ACT DEPUTY LEADER BROOKE VAN VELDEN. BROOKE, I WILL START WITH YOU. GOOD MORNING. IS THIS A POLITICAL GIMMICK? NOT AT ALL. THIS IS THE COALITION GOVERNMENT SAYING WE HAVE GOT TO GET TOUGH ON CRIME. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR CRIME, AND IT IS NOT OKAY. THERE ARE WHOLE COMMUNITIES AROUND NEW ZEALAND THAT HAVE BEEN INTIMIDATED. THEY ARE HAVING DRUGS PEDALLED ON THEM. THERE IS A LOT OF VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRING WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES. GANGS ARE NOT OKAY, AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING MEASURES AS A GOVERNMENT TO TILT THE BALANCE BACK IN FAVOUR OF THE VICTIMS. WE NEED TO BE HARSH ON GANGS AND SAY TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF KIDS IN THIS COUNTRY IT IS NOT CALLED TO BE ON AGAIN. IT IS NOT COOL TO WEAR A GANG PATCH. WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO DO THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO ARE WEARING UNIFORMS ANALYSIS IT, YOU SHOULD BE WANTING TO GET OUT THERE AND WHERE A UNIFORM LIKE A TRADIE OR HAVING A COUNTDOWN UNIFORM ON. NOT A GANG PATCH. THAT CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AND SHOW THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR IT, BUT FIRSTLY MAKING SURE WE ARE PUTTING VICTIMS AT THE CENTRE OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. RAWIRI, CONGRATULATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. I HEAR YOU QUALIFIED FOR TE MATATINI. YOU JUST HEARD BROOKE THERE. AS BANNING GANG PATCH IS THE SOLUTION? NO, IT IS NOT. THIS IS A GIMMICK. ALL YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS DRIVE GANGS FURTHER UNDERGROUND. WHEN YOU HAVE A PATCH ON, YOU UNDERSTAND WHO IS WHO. YOU KNOW WHO BELONGS TO WHAT GANG. GOOD LUCK TO THE UNDER RESOURCED POLICING DEPARTMENT. ALSO, IF BROOKE DID SOME RESEARCH, SHE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ROBIN HYDE WAS IN SUPPORT OF THIS. WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT THE DRIVERS OF CRIME. WE WANT SAFER COMMUNITIES, AND PEOPLE SHOULD PAY FOR BREAKING THE LAW. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE DRIVERS OF CRIME. ALL OF THE THINGS PLAY A PART IN WHY THERE IS DEPRIVATION, AND WHY OUR COMMUNITIES ARE MARGINALISED. THIS IS WHAT CREATED THE GANGS IN THE FIRST PLACE. LET'S NOT TURN TO WHY WE ARE IN THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW AND LOOK INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SET WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES. DO YOU AGREE? HE IS SAYING WE ARE UNDER SOURCED AS THIS IS. IS THIS A BREACH OF RIGHTS? IT WILL BE UP TO THE POLICE TO ENFORCE IT. I THINK WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT THE POLICE OFFICERS, AND I KNOW THAT THE HONOURABLE MARK MITCHELL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO COME AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICE ARE RESOURCED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPECT OUR POLICE FORCE. THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN RESPECT THE POLICE FORCE IS BY PASSING LAWS THAT ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS. I TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS, WHO THAT IS ACTUALLY FRUSTRATING THAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD THAT THEY JUST NEED TO DROP PEOPLE BACK HOME. THEY NEED HARSHER PENALTIES THAT THEY CAN ENFORCE, AND THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDING. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR CRIME, AND WE SHOULD CRACKDOWN ON THE GANGS. CAN I JUST JUMP IN? HAVE YOU TALKED AND SAT DOWN WITH GANG MEMBERS AND TALKS TO THEM, DELVED DEEPER AS TO WHAT RAWIRI IS SAYING? WE DO NOT NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH GANG MEMBERS. WE NEED TO CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AND ON GANG MEMBERS. WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND PART OF THE CAMPAIGN IS SET DOWN WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MAORI AND NON-MAORI, WHO HAVE SAID THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL SAFE, AND, NO, WE SHOULD NOT GIVE RESPECT TO GANGS. THEY ARE NOT RESPECTING PEOPLE BACK. WE SHOULD, IN FACT, SHOW THE NEXT GENERATION THAT THERE IS AN ASPIRATIONAL PATH. YES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE, GET A JOB, ASPIRE FOR MORE FOR YOUR FAMILY, NOT TO PEDDLE DRUGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT TO INTIMIDATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THAT IS NOT AN ASPIRATIONAL PATH FORWARD FOR ANY CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY. I WANT TO BRING RAWIRI BACK IN. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THE COMMENTS THAT GAINS DO NOT NEED TO BE RESPECTED? I THINK EVERYONE DESERVES THE DIGNITY OF HAVING A CONVERSATION, HAVING THE DIGNITY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT MAY HELP THEM. THIS IS A CONDITION. THEY ARE NOT HERE AN ACCIDENT; THEY HEAR ON PURPOSE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAKE UP OF THE 1960S AND 1970S, WHEN THESE GANGS FIRST STARTED, WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT TALKING ABOUT STARTING YOUTH MILITARY CAMPS. IT IS A VERY SIMILAR PATHWAY THAT WE'RE SITTING HERE, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORSE. UNTIL ACT HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES, WHICH I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR GANG COMMUNITIES ACROSS-THE-BOARD, AND THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS THERE THAT THE GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. GO DOWN AND HAVE A CHAT WITH THEM AND START LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN RECONNECT OUR PEOPLE. RECONNECT GANGS WITH THE COMMUNITIES IS THAT RESOURCING PROGRAMS. RESOURCING PROGRAMS, MORE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS OUT THERE, STUCK IT IN THE YOUTH INVOLVED AND GETTING THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL, GETTING THEM BACK INTO PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY WORK. THAT IS NOT THE FACADE THAT PATCHES ARE GOING TO START MINIMISING CRIME HERE IN THE COUNTRY. THAT IS ABSURD. THANK YOU. IT IS 8:14. A LOT OF FEEDBACK IS COMING IN. THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING 'I DO' LATELY. WE'LL HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON HOW TO GET PREPARED FOR THAT SPECIAL DAY NEXT. # IT'S A NICE DAY FOR WHITE WEDDING. # IF YOU LIKE IT, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A RING ON IT. IT IS 8:19. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WEDDING SEASON IS CURRENTLY HITTING ITS PEAK IN AOTEAROA. MANY FLORISTS, CATERERS, DRESSMAKERS BRIDES, GROOMS, WHANAU AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO CREATE THE PERFECT DAY, AND KIWIS ARE GETTING BOLDER AND BRAVER IN HAVING UNIQUE CELEBRATIONS THAT SUITS THEM. TESSA PARKER LOOKS AT HOW KIWIS ARE GETTING HITCHED IN 2024. WHEN SOMEONE WHO DESIGNS WEDDING DRESSES DECIDES TO GET MARRIED, YOU EXPECT THE WEDDING WILL BE OF A CERTAIN CALIBRE. A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE, LIKE THIS. TRISH PENG HAS BEEN THE GO-TO GIRL FOR ELEGANT, FASHIONABLE WEDDING DRESSES FOR A DECADE. CHANNELLING HER YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR HER OWN WEDDING, IN WHICH SHE WORE MULTIPLE GOWNS. SO EXTRA! YES, I WAS A RECENT BRIDE MYSELF IN DECEMBER, AND, YEAH, I THINK I JUST HAD TOO MANY IDEAS THAT I COULDN'T DECIDE, SO I WENT WITH FOUR. NICE. WELL, I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE MAKING THE MOST OF THE DAY. YEAH, PRETTY MUCH. (LAUGHS) THE DAY BEING A BLACK TIE EVENT AT A PRIVATE ESTATE IN QUEENSTOWN. PENG IS ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT SOME COUPLES ARE OPTING FOR ` GOING FULL OUT ON A GLAMOROUS EVENT, SEAMLESSLY COMING TOGETHER WITH LOTS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE, SOME KIWIS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM A TRADITIONAL WEDDING... # GOING TO THE CHAPEL, # AND WE'RE... # ...INSTEAD EMBRACING A LITTLE BIT OF CHAOS AND CREATIVITY. THE CONCEPT OF A WEDDING IS A VERY DIVERSE THING, SO WE JUST WANTED TO PLATFORM THAT, REALLY. ENSEMBLE COLUMNIST LARA DAILY HAS BEEN FEATURING SOME OF THE CELEBRATIONS. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT PUT, LIKE, A LOT OF MONEY TOWARDS DOING A CARNIVAL KIND OF MUSIC FESTIVAL, MULTIPLE-DAY WEDDING. SO REALLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, GRAND SCALE, BUT IN THEIR OWN VERY DIFFERENT WAY. TO PEOPLE THAT SPENT, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN $500 ON A WEDDING, AND UTILISED THE LOCAL BOTANIC GARDENS AS THEIR VENUE. COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS HELPING TO CREATE A ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCE. IT'S COOL TO SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING IT ON A LOW BUDGET. I GUESS JUST YOUNGER COUPLES HAVING CEREMONIES AT THEIR OWN FLATS, AND, LIKE, TRANSFORMING THE SPACE AND SEEING HOW THEY DO THAT. ONE BRIDE HAD A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WEDDING IN HER FLAT AND HAD SORT OF TURKISH RUGS, LIKE, ALL ALONG THE LAWN AS AN AISLE AND HIRED THE SEATING, HAD, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE ALTAR WITH A BIG WHITE BOW HANGING UP. SO PEOPLE GET REALLY CREATIVE. ANOTHER COUPLE ASKED GUESTS TO BYO FLOWERS AND DRINKS. THAT IS SUCH A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. FOR BRIDES KNOCKING ON TRISH PENG'S DOOR, THE WHITE WEDDING DRESS IS ONE TRADITION THEY'RE NOT WALKING AWAY FROM. SO I FEEL LIKE EVER SINCE MEGHAN MARKLE GOT MARRIED, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR THAT CLASSIC CLEAN LOOK. BUT NOW THEY'RE STILL DOING THAT, BUT MAYBE GOING A-LINE CLEAN, PLAIN, ADDING A SPLIT, MORE ARCHITECTURAL. AS WELL AS SHAKING IT UP WITH SHORTER, COCKTAIL-STYLE LOOKS. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE MINI DRESS AND THE SECOND DRESS. SO, BRIDES AREN'T JUST WEARING ONE; THEY'RE WEARING A FEW. (LAUGHS) YEAH, THEY'RE WEARING A FEW, YEAH. WHY? WELL, AT LEAST TWO. I THINK IT'S LIKE` WELL, MAYBE BECAUSE THE A-LINE BALL-GOWN STYLE IS COMING BACK. IT'S HARDER TO KIND OF DANCE, DO YOU DO YOUR FIRST DIP WITH YOUR HUBBY. YOU DON'T WANT TO SPILL YOUR RED WINE ON YOUR BIG POOFY.. EXACTLY. LOOK, AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE DRESSES, AND THEY SOUND SO AMAZING, BUT I JUST CAN'T QUITE PICTURE THEM IN MY MIND. SO I JUST THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO KIND OF SEE THEM IN PRACTICE. ABSOLUTELY. (LAUGHS) LIVE YOUR BEST PRINCESS LIFE. LIVING MY BEST PRINCESS LIFE. (BRUNO MARS' 'MARRY YOU') THE BLUSHING BRIDE. # WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DUMB TO DO. I COULD FAINT WALKING DOWN THE AISLE. # HEY, BABY. LACE NUMBER. ROMANTIC? STUNNING. A MINI DRESS. THE SECOND-LOOK DRESS. EXACTLY. # I THINK I WANNA MARRY YOU. (LAUGHS) I'LL KEEP THESE ALL IN THE BACK OF MY MIND FOR WHEN THAT DAY COMES. WHEN THAT LUCKY MAN ARRIVES. (LAUGHS) THAT LOOKS STUNNING ON TESTS. I WAS GOOGLING AT HOW MUCH THAT COSTS. MY WEDDING DRESS COST $80 AND WAS ON SALE. MY SHOES ARE ABOUT 20 BUCKS. IT WAS MY SECOND ONE, SO LEARN FROM THE FIRST ONE. DID YOU HAVE A BIG WEDDING? DID YOU KEEP YOUR FIRST DRESS? I THINK I DID. I THINK MY MUM HAS GOT IT. THE SECOND ONE, I GAVE IT TO MY NIECE. ABOUT 300 PEOPLE. IT WAS POT-LUCK. WE WENT TO A BOWLING CLUB AND HAD A POTLUCK DINNER. WE JUST HAD A PARTY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A LOT OF BOOZE. YOU DO YOU. I LOVE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY AND USING THE BACKYARD, USING WHAT YOU HAVE. PEOPLE ARE QUITE HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE. FOR A POTLUCK, WE HAD A BEST FEED. WE HAD SEAFOOD AND KFC. IT WAS STUNNING. DID YOU HAVE A WISHING WELL? NONE OF THAT. THAT WAS THE GIFT. A LOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT THE FOOD, AND WHAT TRADE IT CAME ON WAS THE PRESENT. SO NOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF PLATTERS. I KNOW IT IS NOT ADDRESSED, AND A SUIT IS QUITE DIFFERENT, BUT I BOUGHT A NICE SUIT FOR MY WEDDING, AND I HAVE WANTED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT I WANTED TO BUY A SUIT THAT I COULD WEAR AGAIN AND AGAIN. I WORKED YOUR WEDDING A FEW WEEKS AGO. I MIGHT ROLL IT OUT AGAIN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO ANOTHER WEDDING. IT IS A NICE REMINDER WHEN YOU GO TO A WEDDING TO THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN SPECIAL DAY. IT WILL BE NICE IF YOU COULD STILL FIT INTO IT. I CANNOT FIT INTO MY WEDDING SUIT. DON'T WORRY. WE CAN FIT INTO OUR WEDDING DRESSES. THE THING UP THE FLYERS HARD ENOUGH. YOU'RE LYING ON THE BED TRYING TO GET IT UP. THAT TOOK A TURN. THOSE WERE THE DAYS. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO MARS? THE LATEST RECRUITMENT DRIVE IS ON FOR ITS SIMULATED MISSION. FIND OUT IF YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES. THE POLICE COMMISSIONER BELIEVES BANNING GANG PATCHES WILL HELP THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO CRACK DOWN ON GANGS. GANG PATCHES WILL BE BANNED IN PUBLIC AREAS, AND POLICE WILL HAVE MORE POWER TO STOP GANG MEMBERS CONGREGATING IN PUBLIC. POLICE COMMISSIONER ANDREW COSTER SAYS THE GANG PATCH HOLDS FAR MORE POWER THAN JUST A LEATHER JACKET. IT'S BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN AUSTRALIA, AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS THAT OUR GANGS TRADE ON THE FEAR CREATED BY THE PATCH TO COVER VIOLENCE, TO COVER ORGANISED CRIME ACTIVITY. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT REPUTATION IS HOW THEY RECRUIT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SO THERE IS A RANGE OF THINGS THERE THAT ADDRESSING THE PATCH WILL ASSIST WITH. COSTER SAYS THE NEW APPROACH HAS HAD MIXED REVIEWS FROM HIS FRONT LINE STAFF. COVID-19 IS BEING BLAMED FOR A SLUMP IN NCEA RESULTS. NATIONALLY, STUDENTS ACHIEVING LEVEL ONE DROPPED NEARLY 5% FROM 2022, AND UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE DROPPED BY 3%. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN BIGGER DROPS IN THE REGIONS, INCLUDING THE WEST COAST, WHERE LEVEL THREE ACHIEVEMENT IS DOWN 8%. CHAIR OF THE SECONDARY PRINCIPALS COUNCIL KATE GAINSFORD SAYS THE CRACKS START TO SHOW IN THE SMALL TOWNS FIRST. TEACHER SHORTAGE IS VERY SERIOUS, AND SO A REALLY COMBINED EFFORT AROUND THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAY AND CONDITIONS, THAT ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO OUR SYSTEM ARE STRONGER THAN THEY ARE PRESENTLY, WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING US CATCH UP THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE HAD THE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR LEARNING THAT THEY HAVE OVER THE TIME OF COVID. GAINSFORD BELIEVES TEACHER SHORTAGES ARE HAVING A BIGGER IMPACT ON STUDENTS THAN SCHOOL STRIKES. THERE ARE CONCERNS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED AIRLINE, AIR CHATHAMS, COULD FACE PRICE HIKES IF AUCKLAND AIRPORT RAISES FEES. THE AIRPORT PLANS TO SPEND UP TO $8b OVER THE NEXT DECADE, UPGRADING FACILITIES. AIRLINES WILL HELP FOOT THE BILL, WHICH MEANS SOME OF THAT COST WILL BE PASSED ON TO PASSENGERS. IT'S A VERY COMPLEX BUSINESS, SETTING PRICING. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, PRICING IS ACTUALLY SET BY DEMAND, SO IT'S WHAT YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE PREPARED TO PAY. SO, I MEAN, WE COULD GO AND PUT $100 ON A TICKET AND HAVE A GO AND SEE WHAT THAT DOES FOR OUR CUSTOMER DEMAND, BUT AS A BUSINESS, WE'VE GOT TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE DO THAT. AUCKLAND AIRPORT SAYS THESE UPGRADES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR FUTURE PROOFING FACILITIES. ISRAEL SAYS TALKS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF MORE HOSTAGES FROM THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS ARE MAKING PROGRESS. THAT CLAIM CAME AS POLICE AND PROTESTERS CLASHED IN TEL AVIV. THE DEMONSTRATORS SAY IT'S CLEAR MILITARY ACTION IS NOT HELPING SECURE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. HAMAS SAYS THERE ARE STILL A NUMBER OF ROADBLOCKS TO ANY AGREEMENT ` AMONG THEM, ISRAEL'S HARDLINE STANCE ON ONGOING MILITARY ACTION. TALKS ARE SCHEDULED TO RESUME IN QATAR LATER THIS WEEK. A RULING FROM THE SUPREME COURT IN THE U.S. STATE OF ALABAMA HAS LEFT IVF PATIENTS IN LIMBO. THE UNPRECEDENTED RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYO ARE CHILDREN MEANS EMBRYO ARE COVERED BY THE STATE'S WRONGFUL DEATH OF A MINOR ACT. SOME IVF TREATMENT CLINICS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS TO PATIENTS, WITH A FEAR OF FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES IF EMBRYO ARE ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED. NOW PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. I THINK, IF I AM CORRECT AT THIS POINT, I COULD NOT EVEN ACCESS MY EMBRYO IF I NEEDED TO. SO THERE ARE REALLY NO OTHER OPTIONS AT THIS POINT. IT IS SO PERSONAL, AND IT'S HONESTLY NOT ANYONE'S BUSINESS WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO WITH THIS EMBRYO. IT'S HARD ENOUGH AS IT IS WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT GETTING INVOLVED. THREE IVF CLINICS HAVE CLOSED IN ALABAMA SINCE THE RULING. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN THE FIELD IF THEY'RE TO HAVE ANY CHANCE IN THEIR TEST SERIES AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND'S CATCHING PROBLEMS CONTINUED IN THEIR 27 RUN LOSS IN THE FINAL T=20. MITCHELL SANTNER SAYS THE MISSED CHANCES CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERIES WHITEWASH. YOU KNOW, GIVING GUYS LIKE TRAVIS HEAD A COUPLE LIVES AND I THINK MITCH MARSH THE OTHER NIGHT, IT'S HARD TO, I GUESS, WRESTLE THE MOMENTUM BACK. AND I THOUGHT WE FOUGHT BACK QUITE WELL, AND IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS... I GUESS IT'S A BIT OF A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU GIVE GUYS EXTRA CHANCES. THE FIRST TEST AT THE BASIN RESERVE GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. WORLD RUGBY HAS DEFENDED THE USE OF SMART MOUTHGUARDS AFTER A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WERE PULLED FROM THE FIELD DURING THE OPENING ROUND OF SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC. THE MOUTHGUARDS DETECT HEAVY IMPACT ON PLAYERS AND ALERT OFFICIALS FOR AN ASSESSMENT. WORLD RUGBY'S CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER TOLD SKY'S 'THE BREAKDOWN' THEY'RE TAKING A MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS IN THOSE SITUATIONS, THAT PLAYER COMES OUT FOR A REVIEW. THEY MAY NOT HAVE A CONCUSSION, BUT THEY'RE COMING OFF TO HAVE A LOOK AT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE OK, TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE GUYS AREN'T STRUGGLING ON THE PITCH WITHOUT ANYBODY KNOWING ABOUT IT AND PUTTING THEMSELVES AT FURTHER RISK AS THEY PLAY. PROFESSOR FALVEY SAYS WORLD RUGBY WILL BE PUTTING THE SMART MOUTH GUARDS INTO THE MOUTHS OF AROUND 8000 PLAYERS THIS YEAR. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` NOT A VERY GOOD DAY UP HERE. HEAVY RAIN COMING THROUGH FOR ALL OF YOU. 23 THE HIGH FOR WHANGAREI. 22 THE HIGH FOR EVERYONE ELSE. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. HEAVY RAINFALL, SLIGHTLY LIGHTER FOR HAMILTON AND TOKOROA. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 FOR BOTH OF YOU. TO THE EAST COAST ` YOU'LL WAKE UP TO A GREY MORNING. THE RAIN HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MASTERTON, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 26 TODAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` THE RAIN EASING HERE. HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH. 24 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO THE SOUTH ISLAND ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU, WITH THE SUN COMING THROUGH FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. ENJOY. 18 THE HIGH FOR ALL OF YOU ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. YOU'LL WAKE UP TO SOME LOW CLOUD CLEARING TO A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. ALEXANDRA, REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` HIGH CLOUD FOR ALL OF YOU. THE SUN TRYING TO COME THROUGH. SHINING THROUGH FOR DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. WHETHER YOU'RE A STARGAZER OR A SPACE FANATIC, PACKING YOUR BAGS FOR A LIFE ON MARS MAY NOT SOUND TOO BAD. WELL NOW, NASA IS CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS ON THEIR LATEST SIMULATED MARS MISSION, WHERE YOU'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE WHAT LIFE COULD BE LIKE ON THE RED PLANET. TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE JOINED BY STARDOME ASTRONOMER JOSH AORAKI, MORENA! IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. TELL ME ABOUT THIS MISSION. THIS IS THE SECOND, RIGHT? AND IS NOW NASA IS ASKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS ANALOG COMMISSION. THESE ARE SIMULATING THE EFFECTS OF WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE TO GO TO MARS ON THOSE LONG DURATION MISSIONS. THEY ARE QUITE LONG MISSIONS, THESE MISSIONS COULD TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS. THEY ALSO VERY ISOLATED, THESE ANALOG MISSIONS ARE HELPING US FIGURING OUT WHAT PROBLEMS MIGHT COME UP AND HOW WE CAN SOLVE THEM. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO EVENTUALLY GET TO MARS. WE HAVE SO MANY ROBOTIC PROBES THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE PLANET, WHEN IT COMES TO FINDING THINGS LIKE POTENTIAL OR PAST LIFE, WE NEED PEOPLE THERE. MARS IS FAR AWAY, AND YOU TAKE NINE MONTHS TO GET THERE. IT COULD BE 2 1/2 TO 3 YEARS JUST TO GO TO MARS AND BACK. WE NEED TO LEARN NOT JUST HOW TO GO TO SPACE, BUT HOW TO GO TO SPACE FOR LONG DURATION MISSIONS. WE KNOW IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION ARE CONCERNED SHOULD WE BE THAT WE ARE STARTING TO LOOK FAR AWAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ON ANOTHER PLANET? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE DEFINITION THAT WHEN WE SAY LIVING ON MARS, WE ARE NOT JUST PACKING OUR BAGS. MARS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE, IT IS NOT LIVABLE. LIVING THERE WOULD BE LIKE LIVING ON THE SOUTH POLE. IT IS NOT A HOLIDAY DESTINATION, BUT THE REASON IS THAT WE WANT SCIENTISTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE PLANET AND ANSWER THOSE LARGER THAN LIFE QUESTIONS. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE ARE AWAY ` THERE WAS A MISSION BEFORE, AND THERE WILL BE TOO HAPPENING AFTER THIS, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY LIVE ON MARS? IF WE PUT OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER, WE COULD DO IT QUITE STERN. STATION HAS ANY SOLID PLAN TO SEND PEOPLE TO MARS. THERE ARE A LOT OF ROBOTIC MISSIONS, SO WILL BE 15 TO 20 YEARS BEFORE WE SEE PEOPLE GOING TO MARS. IN OUR LIFETIME, FOR SURE. IN TERMS OF THIS MISSION, THIS IS A SIMULATOR MISSION, RIGHT? THIS IS ANALOG, TELL ME ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS WHAT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO DO. THEY ARE ISOLATING THEM FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND SIMULATE WHAT IT WOULD LIKE TO BE ON MARS. IF THEY NEED TO LEAVE THEIR HABITAT, THEY NEED TO PUT ON THEIR SUIT. THE CONTROLLERS ON EARTH, AND THEY WILL BE THROWING PROBLEMS AT THEM, SOLVE IT WITHOUT DIRECT HELP FROM EARTH, BECAUSE ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE DISTANCE IS QUITE FAR, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THE SIGNAL. YOU NEED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM STRAIGHT AWAY, IT WILL SIMULATE NOT JUST THE STRESSORS, BUT ALSO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON PEOPLE AND HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. YOU HAVE TO REALLY LIKE SOMEONE IF YOU WILL BE ON MARS WITH THEM. AS AN ASTRONOMER, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO? I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD WANT TO GO TO MARS, IT JUST ISN'T A REALLY NICE PLACE. I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE SPACE STATION TO SEE EARTH FROM SPACE. THANK YOU. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S BEEN A TURBULENT FEW MONTHS BEHIND THE SCENES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. WE'LL HAVE WHATS GOING ON INSIDE THE WORLD OF THE ROYALS. - 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. # - Hey, Toyota. - (BABY FUSSES) - WHISPERS: Got something safe? It's kind of a big deal for me now. - Yeah, take your pick! WHISPERS: 'Oh, sorry. 'These all come with Toyota Safety Sense as standard.' - Will it be looking for signs of danger? - Well, yeah. It has a pre-collision system with autonomous emergency braking. - Can it help me stay in my lane? - Actually, it can. (CAR ALARM BEEPS) - (MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Can it help me keep a safe distance from others? - Yep, that too. - Do you do 5am test drives? # AND WE WILL NEVER BE ROYALS. # A NEW VIDEO HAS BEEN RELEASED OF KING CHARLES READING THE MORE THAN 7000 CARDS AND LETTERS SENT TO THE PALACE. IT COMES AFTER HIS CANCER DIAGNOSIS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT BROUGHT PRINCE HARRY BACK TO THE UK, THOUGH IT'S BELIEVED HIS VISIT WITH HIS FATHER ONLY LASTED 30 MINUTES. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY ROYAL COMMENTATOR VICTORIA ARBITER. TALK TO US ABOUT KING CHARLES IS HEALTH. HOW WAS HE DOING? IF WE WERE TO TAKE OUR IMPRESSIONS FROM THE VIDEOS, HE IS DOING VERY WELL. AS ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN TO CANCEL know, THE TREATMENTS CAN BE HARSH AND OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS CAN BE JEOPARDISED. THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WHERE IT IS COMMONLY WINTER, THE KING IS PREVENTED FROM BEING IN ANY GERm ENVIRONMENTS. IS ALSO BEEN PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEOS. ALL OF IT IS BEING PUT OUT THERE IN AN EFFORT TO REASSURE THE PUBLIC, THAT HE IS DOING WELL. DURING THOSE APPEARANCES HE IS LAUGHING AND SMILING. DO YOU THINK IN TIME, THE PALACE WILL ANNOUNCE WHAT'S TYPE OF CANCER HE HAS? IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT ANY TIME INFORMATION IS RELEASED, IT LEADS TO MORE SPECULATION. IT IS SURPRISING THAT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WAS SHARING THIS AT ALL, I THINK RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST WANT TO TRY AND CONTROL HOW MUCH EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THIS. THEY SAID HE HAD CANCER, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CANCER. IF YOU RELEASE THAT INFORMATION, IT LEADS TO PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH LONGER HE MIGHT HAVE, THE PROGNOSIS. WE ARE HOPING THE TREATMENT GOES INCREDIBLY WELL, WHICH ALL INDICATION SUGGESTS THAT IT IS. WE WILL LEARN MORE IN TIME, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE KINGS TERMS AS OPPOSED TO PUBLIC DEMANDS. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT HARRY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT HIS VISIT WAS ONLY 30 MINUTES. WHY? I AM SO GLAD YOU RAISED TO THIS, BECAUSE OF HOW LONG IT WAS, THE KING WAS CRITICISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE SAID OH, HE CAN ONLY GIVE HIS SON 30 MINUTES. BUT THERE ARE REASONS BEHIND US. IT'S HARRY THAT NEEDED TO RUSH BACK TO THE UNITED STATES, HE DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT HIS OBLIGATIONS, THIS TRIP WAS ALSO MADE AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE. BY THE TIME HARRY HAD LANDED, THERE WERE PEOPLE BEHIND-THE-SCENES SAYING THEY HAD TO LEAVE SOON. HAD THE TWO MEN WERE ABLE TO MEET, HOPEFULLY HARRY WILL COME BACK SOON. WHAT ABOUT THESE REPORTS ABOUT THE SUSSEXES MORPHING BACK INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY? THIS HAS BEEN LEAKED BY SOURCES. EXPRESSING PERHAPS THEY ARE INTERESTED, BUT THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. THERE IS NO WAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND AN OFFER SHALL CAPACITY. THE KING WILL ACCEPT ONE-ON-ONE FACETIME, BUT THE SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN THE SUSSEX IS LEFT, THERE IS NO HALF AND HALF HOUR TO MODEL, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THEM TO COME BACK IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY. THEY ARE NOT NEEDED. I THINK THE KING WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM PRIVATELY SO THEY CAN START TO BUILD BACK THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ONCE EXISTED. I LOVE IT WHEN IT'S BEEN LEAKED BY SOURCES. ALL THE LITTLE POWER PLAY IS BEHIND-THE-SCENES, WHO IS LEAKING WHO? E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE IS DOCKING INTO WELLINGTON THIS MORNING AFTER CELEBRATING 50 YEARS. COURTNEY HAMMOND IS THERE FOR THE SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY. WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, COURTNEY? THE SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND IS ABOUT TO DOCK BEHIND ME. WE WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE VOYAGE THEY HAD JUST BEEN ON AFTER THE BREAK. # THIS ONE GOES UP TO YOU AND YOURS. # I SAY HEY, ARE WE GOING TODAY? I AM NOT REPEATING THAT JOKE. IT WAS A RIDICULOUS JOKE. THERE WAS SUCH A BAD JOKE. I AM SO GLAD YOU HAVE ONLY JUST JOINED US. THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE HAS BEEN GOING FOR 50 YEARS, CHANGING YOUNG LIVES AND MAKING MEMORIES. THE LATEST GROUP OF KIDS IS ABOUT TO DISEMBARK IN TE WHANGANUI A TARA, AND WE SENT REPORTER COURTNEY HAMMOND TO CHECK IT OUT. SHE IS DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT. MORENA. I AM HERE THIS MORNING IN WELLINGTON. WE WILL BE TALKING TO SOME OF THE KIDS AFTERWARDS. FIRST I AM JOINED BY CEO BRUCE. CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOYS THAT THESE KIDS HAVE JUST FINISHED? THEY ALL GOT ON IN NELSON. THEY HAVE HAD 10 NIGHTS OUT THROUGH MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS, AND ON DAY NINE, WE HAND THE SHIP OVER TO THEM AND THEY RUN IT. THEY SAILED ACROSS COOK STRAIT INTO WELLINGTON. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY GET UP TO ON THIS VOYAGE? THE MAIN THING THEY DO IS BECOME A COMMUNITY. IT IS ABOUT COMING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIVERSE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND THEY GET TOGETHER, AND THEY JUST DO AN ADVENTURE. I THINK TODAY, MORE THAN ANYTHING, PEOPLE NEED AN ADVENTURE. THEY HAVE HAD YEARS OF BEING LOCKED DOWN AND ON-SCREEN. YOU CAN LOOK UP AND SEE HOPE AND HAVE AN ADVENTURE. THEY DO SAILING AND TRAMPING, SWIMMING, PREPARING THE FOOD, LOTS OF FUN. IT IS ABOUT PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR FUTURES AS WELL. YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY NEED TO HAVE THEIR DEVICES TURNED OFF. 40 YOUNG PEOPLE COMING TO A CABIN AND THEY SLEEP VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO START CONVERSATIONS AND BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I THINK THEY HAVE LOST THAT. WE TRY AND BE A CIRCUIT BREAKER, AND GIVE THEM A SENSE OF HOPE AND LOOKING FORWARD. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY POST-COVID. WE ARE MARKING A REALLY IMPORTANT MILESTONE TODAY. 50 YEARS. WHAT IS IN STORE? WE ARE TRAVELLING AROUND NEW ZEALAND. WE ARE ON A TRIP OF GIVING BACK. WE HAVE DISCOUNTED THE PRICE MASSIVELY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. WE ARE SAYING THANK YOU TO NEW ZEALAND FOR 50 YEARS OF SUPPORTING THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE TRUST, STARTED BY THE FISHER COMPANY. STEVE HAS BEEN THERE FOR 47 YEARS AS CHAIRMAN. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL LEGACY THAT FOLLOWS THIS BRAND AROUND NEW ZEALAND. IN INVERCARGILL, ALMOST A THOUSAND PEOPLE TURNED UP TO SEE US, WHICH IS AMAZING. TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE DISCOUNT. HOW CAN PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE GET INVOLVED AND HAVE A GO? WE HAVE MANAGED TO RAISE MONEY TO PUB CHARITIES, AND WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE DISCOUNT. WE WILL RUN THROUGH TO CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. IT WILL GROW FROM $3500 DOWN TO 1550. WE STILL HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS. IF YOU WANT TO GET ON, DO NOT LET MONEY BE THE PROBLEM. WE WILL GET YOU ON. IT IS THE BEST THING THAT A YOUNG PERSON CAN DO. TELL ME ABOUT THE EVENT FOR TODAY. IT IS LOVELY BEING IN WELLINGTON. FROM TOTAL FIVE WE HAVE AN OPEN SHIP. COME AND HAVE A LOOK. YOU CAN EXPLORE ANY PART. AT 5:30 PM, UNTIL SEVEN, WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR GENERAL COMING DOWN, AND WE WILL HAVE A PRIVATE FUNCTION AND A THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY TOO MUCH SUCH A BIG MILESTONE. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU JUST DOUBLECHECK ` TRUSTING KIDS TO SAIL A BOAT, I NOTICED THEY DOCTORED QUITE NICELY. CAN YOU DOUBLECHECK THERE IS NO HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE BOAT? IS EVERYTHING STILL INTACT AFTER 10 DAYS? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. SHE IS ASKING IS THE BOAT STILL INTACT AFTER 10 DAYS OF SAILING AND LETTING THE KIDS BE IN CHARGE? I HAVE NOT WALKED OVER IT YET, BUT I HOPE SO. THE PERSON YOU LOOK FOR IS THE SALES. IF THEY ARE STOWED AWAY NICELY, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN. ARE THEY STOWED AWAY NICELY? THEY LOOK PRETTY GOOD. I AM PRETTY IMPRESSED. THESE GUYS ARE GOT TO CLIMB UP AND DO IT. HAVE WE HAD THE HEADCOUNT YET? (LAUGHTER) WE HAVE STILL GOT 40 YOUNG PEOPLE ON BOARD. IT IS LOOKING GOOD SO FAR, GUYS. THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION, ACTUALLY. I DIDN'T ASK IF ANYONE HAD BEEN LOST OVERBOARD, BUT THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. COURTNEY JOINING US FROM THE WATERFRONT. IT DOES SOUND LIKE AN AMAZING ADVENTURE. I DO NOT THINK I WOULD BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO JOIN THEM ON BOARD AFTER 10 DAYS. MAYBE JUST A DIP IN THE SEA FOR A WASH OR A SCRUB. CONGRATULATIONS. 50 YEARS. WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT. PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. IT IS TIME FOR US TO GO. WE WILL SAIL AWAY. YOUR DAD JOKE. CAPTIONS BY BILLY GARRATT-JOHN, COURTNEY SOLE, MAIA CARR HEKE AND JULIE TAYLOR. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.