IT'S TUESDAY THE 27th OF FEBRUARY. ISN'T THIS YEAR FLYING BY? IT IS. THE BILL TO TO SCRAP MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS SET TO BE INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY AHEAD OF AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARING. IT HAS BEEN CALLED A POWER PLAY BY THE CLAIMANTS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHY IT MATTERS AND WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS MOVING TO INTRODUCE THE LEGISLATION SHORTLY. LADY TURETI MOXON WILL BE WITH US SHORTLY. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WILL JOIN US AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. YOU SEE IT; I SEE IT ` MORE AND MORE DRIVERS ON THEIR PHONES. WELL, NEW FIGURES SHOW PHONE OFFENCES WHILE DRIVING IS UP NEARLY 25% OVER THE PAST YEAR. AND WHICH CITIES HAVE THE WORST DRIVERS ON THEIR PHONES? A SON OF A VICTIM JOINS US AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. SO THE TEAM HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IS ONE ANSWER TO HIKE UP THE 150 FINE AND BRING IT IN LINE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD TO $1500 TO DETER DRIVERS. WOW. ONLY 150 BUCKS? LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ` BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ AAAAAND IF YOU'RE ALREADY UP AND AT 'EM THIS MORNING, ARE YOU GEN Z?! APPARENTLY, PULLING AN ALL-NIGHTER, DINNER AFTER DARK ` YUP, ALL GONE. THESE DAYS THE EVENING RITUAL IS FOLDING LAUNDRY AND BEING TUCKED UP BEFORE THE CLOCK STRIKES 9. (LAUGHS) WHAT? THAT'S ME. THOSE BORN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY ARE REPORTEDLY TAKING THEMSELVES TO BED EARLIER, ALL IN THE NAME OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. WHO EVEN ARE YOU? I KNOW. ACTUALLY, WHO ARE YOU? EMAIL US. EMAIL US YOUR BEDTIME. BREAKFAST@TVNZ.CO.NZ NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVES TO DISESTABLISH THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY BEFORE A WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARING HAS BEEN LABELLED A POWER PLAY. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS LEGISLATION TO SCRAP TE AKA WHAI ORA IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED TO PARLIAMENT TODAY. BUT TE KAHAO HEALTH SAYS SHUTTING DOWN THE JURISDICTION OF THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL, JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT INQUIRY AGAINST THE MOVE IS A POWER PLAY BY LAW MAKERS. IT SAYS IT'S IN BREACH OF THE PRINCIPLES OF TE TIRITI. THE HEALTH MINISTER TOLD 1 NEWS THIS WAS EXTENSIVELY CAMPAIGNED ON DURING THE ELECTION. SMOKEFREE LAWS REDUCING TOBACCO OUTLETS WOULD HAVE DECREASED RAM RAIDS AND OTHER RETAIL CRIME ... RAIDS AND OTHER RETAIL CRIME, ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO RESEARCH. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL THE WORLD-FIRST SMOKEFREE LAWS BY MARCH 8. LEGISLATION ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK INCLUDES REDUCING TOBACCO RETAILERS FROM 6000 TO 600. WHILE THE PRIME MINISTER HAS INSISTED FEWER OUTLETS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED CRIME, THE NEW RESEARCH REFUTES THIS. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE RESEARCH JUST BEFORE 7. AUSTRALIAN POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE BODIES OF TWO MISSING MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED A WEEK AGO. JESSE BAIRD AND LUKE DAVIES HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN IN OVER A WEEK, AND A FORMER LOVER OF MR BAIRD'S HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEIR MURDERS. POLICE SPENT MUCH OF YESTERDAY EXPLORING A SERIES OF DAMS ON A RURAL PROPERTY AROUND 200km OUTSIDE SYDNEY. PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE HOPEFUL A CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE STRUCK AMID RUMOURS THAT A PAUSE IN VIOLENCE IS ON THE WAY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN AREAS WITH LITTLE ACCESS TO AID AND SEVERELY DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO WORK ON ITS PLAN TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH BUT SAYS THAT COULD BE DELAYED IF ANY CEASEFIRE DEAL IS AGREED. UKRAINE CLAIMS TO HAVE INTERCEPTED A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN DRONES AND MISSILES DURING A STORM OF STRIKES OVERNIGHT. THIS HOUSE IN THE SUMY REGION WAS DESTROYED, KILLING A HUSBAND AND WIFE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE. AUTHORITIES SAY AS MANY AS TWENTY ONE MISSILES AND DRONES WERE LAUNCHED DURING THE ATTACK ON THE NORTHEASTERN PROVINCE. THERE HAVE BEEN FIERY CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND FARMERS RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN BRUSSELS. THE BBC'S NICK BEAKE IS THERE. LET ME JUST GIVE YOU AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE ARE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE 900 TRACTORS THAT THE POLICE SAY ARE IN BRUSSELS TODAY. THEY'RE CLOGGING UP ALL THE MAIN STREETS HERE THAT NORMALLY WOULD BE EXTREMELY BUSY, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO THE EUROPEAN UNION. IF WE JUST WALK OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE COMMISSION BUILDING... (HORN TOOTS) ...AND ALSO SOME OF THE POLICE WATER CANNON THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO DOUSE THE FLAMES THAT WERE THERE ON THOSE TYRES, THE MOUND OF TYRES THAT WERE ON FIRE. IF YOU JUST COME WITH ME OVER HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF FARMERS HAVE NOW MOVED THEIR PROTESTS TO THIS PART OF THE CITY, AND THE SMOKE IS BILLOWING RIGHT ACROSS BRUSSELS. IF YOU COME WITH US THIS WAY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT THE SORT OF STANDOFF THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT THE MOMENT BETWEEN THE POLICE AND SOME OF THE FARMERS. IN TERMS OF THE POLITICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON ` WELL, THEY SAY THEY WANT A BETTER DEAL, THESE FARMERS. AND ALREADY THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCESSIONS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT LINE AT THE MOMENT, AS IT WERE, THE SMOKE BILLOWING OVER THAT ROW OF TRACTORS. (BOOM!) THAT IS A FIRECRACKER THAT'S JUST GONE OFF. THERE IS A MEETING TODAY OF POLITICIANS, THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL MINISTERS, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE FARMERS WILL BE HOPING THAT THEY'LL BE GETTING MORE CONCESSIONS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME. THE POPE HAS CANCELLED A SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. THE 87-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF IS REPORTEDLY SUFFERING FROM A MILD FLU, AND THE SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITY IS SAID TO BE A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE POPE DELIVERED HIS USUAL REMARKS TO THE CROWDS IN ST PETERS SQUARE ON SUNDAY IN ROME. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL LOOK TO IMPROVE WITH THE RED BALL AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SOLD-OUT FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT THE BASIN RESERVE. NEW ZEALAND WILL HEAD INTO THE TWO-MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS, WITH AUSTRALIA THE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. NEW ZEALAND WELCOMING BACK BATTER DARYL MITCHELL WHO'S RECOVERED FROM A FOOT INJURY. THE PAST IS THE PAST, AND, ALTHOUGH WE RESPECT THE HISTORY OF THE GAME, AND WHAT'S BEEN, AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU SHOW UP FIRST BALL ON DAY ONE, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY SPECIAL IN FRONT OF THE PACKED BASIN. SO, LOOK, AUSSIE ARE A WORLD-CLASS TEAM. THEY'VE PROVEN OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF HOW GOOD THEY ARE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT CRICKETERS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AS WELL, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING ON THE AUSSIES AND HAVING SOME FUN WHILE DOING IT. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY. AND IF YOU MISSED OUT ON A TICKET, DON'T WORRY. YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+. AND FINALLY, FROM OUR 'DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME' FILE ` CROATIAN FREE DIVER VALENTINA CAFOLLA HAS SET AN ICE DIVING WORLD RECORD, SWIMMING 140m BELOW THE FROZEN SURFACE OF A LAKE IN THE ITALIAN ALPS. THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS JUST THREE DEGREES, AND SHE DID THE DIVE WITH A SINGLE FIN AND NO OXYGEN, SLOWING HER HEART RATE TO JUST FIFTY BEATS A MINUTE. AND GET THIS THE RECORD SHE BROKE HAD ONLY BEEN SET 36 HOURS BEFORE. LOOK AT THIS. JENNY MAY, YOU LOVE AN ICE BATH IN THE MORNING. JUST AS WELL SHE MADE IT. OTHERWISE, SHE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED QUITE A FROSTY RECEPTION. IT IS FIVE MINUTES INTO THE PROGRAM. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE. A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. I'VE GONE EARLY THEN. I HAVE MOVED FAST INTO THE NEXT REGION ALREADY. IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE. A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. 26 FOR GISBORNE AND NAPIER. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. AND 21 AND LOOKING GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON FOR WELLINGTON. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 21. NELSON, 23 AND SUNNY. LENNON, YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD TOO. HEADING SOUTH ` LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. CHRISTCHURCH, YOUR HIGH IS 21. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. THANKS, CHRIS. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET INTRODUCE THE BILL TO SCRAP THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY TODAY. IT COMES JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HEARING AGAINST THE MOVE, AND IT COULD MEAN A HEARING SET TO GO AHEAD IN THE CAPITAL MAY NOT PROCEED ` SOMETHING PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON WASN'T TOO FAZED BY IN HIS POST CABINET PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY. WELL, LOOK, AGAIN, THAT'S A DECISION FOR THEM. WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD FROM BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHICH IS TO REPEAL THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. TO DISCUSS MORE, I'M JOINED BY MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE LADY TURETI MOXON. AND ONE OF THE LEAD CLAIMANTS OF THIS. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO THE POTENTIAL OF THIS LEGISLATION BEING TABLED TODAY? ' AS IT IS RATHER DISMISSIVE, WHICH IS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, REALLY. BECAUSE THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HASN'T REALLY BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT THAT IT DESERVES. AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN GIVEN THE KIND KUDOS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GIVING ANY JUDICIARY IN THIS COUNTRY. SO, YEAH, DISAPPOINTING. DO YOU KNOW IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL SCRAP OR INTRODUCE THAT LEGISLATION TODAY TO SCRAP THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY? YES, WE WERE MADE AWARE OF THAT LAST WEEK. BEING TOLD THAT IT WOULD GOAHEAD TODAYIT IS A VERY DISMISSIVE ACTION ON THE PART OF THE CROWN, WHICH IS AN UNUSUAL. AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS HIGHLY POLITICAL AND, AS THE PRIME MINISTER SAID, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD DO PRIOR TO THE ELECTION. I KNOW THAT YOU FILED AN URGENT CLAIM IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR ONCE YOU LEARNED OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO SCRAP THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHY YOU FILED THAT CLAIM AND ALSO WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING. WE FILED THE CLAIM BECAUSE IT HAS TAKEN US ALMOST 20 YEARS TO GET AN AUTHORITY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR MAORI. WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AS A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD INTENTIONS, LOTS AND LOTS OF GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF REAL OUTCOMES/ AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, HEALTH INEQUITIES IN THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN MAORI AND NON-MAORI ARE HUGE. MAORI WOMEN DIE OF LUNG CANCER FIVE TIMES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE. IN MEN, IT IS THREE TIMES MORE. AND HEART DISEASE AND JUST ABOUT EVERY CANCER, WE DIE TWICE AS MUCH IF NOT THREE TIMES AS MUCH. AND YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN, BEING PLONKED RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED, RIGHT BACK IN A SYSTEM THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK FOR MAORI, NEVER HAS WORKED FOR MAORI, AND BELIEVE ME, WILL NEVER WORK FOR MAORI. SORRY, CARRY ON. SO, REALLY, WHAT WE WANT OUT OF THIS, REALLY, WAS TO RETAIN THE HEALTH AUTHORITY, BECAUSE IT IS MAORI, AND IT IS THE MOEMOEA OF OUR PEOPLE, PAST AND PRESENT, WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR OUR OWN TINO RANGATIRATANGA AROUND OUR OWN HEALTH. AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT ` ABOUT CONTROL AND HAVING DECISION-MAKING POWERS TO WORK FOR OUR OWN IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY THAT WE BELIEVE IS RIGHT FOR US. YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION AT WAITANGI, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING EXACTLY THIS, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT THROUGH TO THE HEALTH MINISTER, TO THE GOVERNMENT, AROUND THE WHY THEY WERE SCRAPPING THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO THE HEALTH MINISTER? HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A REPLACEMENT OF THE HEALTH AUTHORITY? THAT CERTAINLY WAS ASKED BY OUR LAWYER IN THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL. IT WAS ASKED BY THE TRIBUNAL AS WELL. BASICALLY, THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS TO THAT. THEY HAVEN'T GOT A SOLUTION THAT BASICALLY JUST THINKING, WE WILL PUT THE RAT BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BACK IN A SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN WORKING FOR MAORI AND HAS BEEN CREATING THE INEQUITIES WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH TODAY. SO SEVEN YEARS DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF MORTALITY BETWEEN US AND NON-MAORI, AND YET HERE WE ARE AGAIN STILL FIGHTING THE SAME FIGHT, JENNY MAY. WHAT HAPPENS NOW THEN? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PASSES THIS LEGISLATION, THE TRIBUNAL LOSES POWER TO COME BEFORE PARLIAMENT. BUT YOU CAN MAKE A CLAIM BEFORE THE LEGISLATION COMES INTO EFFECT. DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN SAVE THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY AND HAS THIS BEEN A FAIR PROCESS? IT HASN'T BEEN A FAIR PROCESS, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CONSULTATIONS WITH ANY MAORI PERSON, EVEN THOUGH THE MINISTER IN HIS PLEADINGS SAID THAT HE DID SPEAK TO SOME MAORI WHEN HE WAS IN OPPOSITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. HE NEVER ASKED WHETHER WE WANT TO RETAIN IT. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR US UNDER THE TREATY OF WAITANGI, THAT WE SHOULDN'T FACT THEN POWERED TO LOOK AFTER OUR OWN HEALTH, LOOK AFTER OUR OWN SELVES AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OURSELVES. DO YOU FEEL EMPOWERED BY THIS PROCESS ALL POWERLESS? POWERLESS. (LAUGHS) SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS JUST MADE A UNILATERAL DECISION. BUT IT IS A POLITICAL DECISION BASED ON POPULARISM. AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT IS SAD ABOUT IT, BECAUSE MAORI ARE BEING USED AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL, AND THAT IS THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS TREATED US SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY IN 1840, AND HERE WE GO AGAIN. NOT EVEN ONE IOTA OF PARTNERSHIP OR DEMONSTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP UNDER THE TREATY. AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE IGNORED IT COMPLETELY. MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. KIA ORA RA. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WHY ACTUALLY GETTING SLEEP HAS BECOME A TREND FOR GEN-Zers. THIS STORY MAY SURPRISE YOU. NOT YOU OR ME. NO, IT'S NOT. # BABY, HOW DO YOU SLEEP WHEN YOU'RE LYING TO ME? WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. GONE ARE THE DAYS OF LONG DAYS TURNING INTO LATE NIGHTS, PARTYING THROUGH AND HEADING STRAIGHT TO WORK POSSIBLY A LITTLE LESS STRAIGHT THAN REQUIRED ` AT LEAST FOR A GENERATION OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WHO ARE REPORTEDLY SHUNNING EVENING EXPLOITS IN RETURN FOR A SOLID 10 TO 12-HOUR NAP. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THOSE AGED 18 TO 35 SAY THEY'RE DOING ` HAVING FOUND THE VALUE OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. # WHEN YOU'RE TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP... I GO TO SLEEP AT 9.30pm EVERY NIGHT SO I CAN WAKE UP AT 5.30. I LIKE TO FLIRT WITH AN EARLY NIGHT ` A SUPER EARLY NIGHT. I WATCH TV BEFORE BED. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO DO THAT, BUT I LIKE TO FALL ASLEEP WATCHING TV. MM-HM. NOW THE TREND HAS REPORTEDLY SPREAD TO AOTEAROA. SLEEP RESEARCHER PROFESSOR LEIGH SIGNAL JOINS US NOW. MORENA, LEIGH. EXPLAINED TO ME. I THOUGHT GEN Z WAS THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE OR YOU CAN PUSH THROUGH, HAVE AN ALL-DAY BENDER. WHAT ARE THESE KIDS DOING? I THINK THEY ARE VERY SMART. THERE ARE PARTS TO THE STORY, BUT IT IS A MIXED BAG. I THINK IT IS NICE TO SEE THAT THERE IS A GROWING AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP FOR OUR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. THERE IS A GOOD REASON WHY WE SPEND ONE THIRD OF OUR LIVES DOING THIS THING. IT IS THE NOMINALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR EMOTIONAL, METABOLIC HEALTH, IMMUNE FUNCTIONING, MEMORY, ALL THOUGHTS OF THINGS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT THE STORY THAT MAKE ME A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ` UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE, A 930 BEDTIME OR 9 PM BEDTIME IS REALLY QUITE EARLY, UNLESS YOU ARE A TV PRESENTER AND UNITY GET UP AT 4 AM. AND YOU NEED TO GET UP AT 4 AM* BUT I THINK FOR A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IT WOULD BE HARD TO SHIFT YOUR BED TIME THAT EARLY, UNLESS YOU SHIFT IT SLOWLY AND SUPPLEMENT IT WITH THINGS LIKE EARLY MORNING LIGHT. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT NEED 10 OR 11 HOURS SLEEP, BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE MINORITY. BUT MOST YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TEENAGERS OF 18 TO 25 NEED ONLY 7 TO 9 HOURS OF SLEEP EVERY NIGHT. THAT IS THE SAME FOR ME AND YOU, RIGHT TO ADULTS IN THEIR 60S. WAS ABOUT GOING TO BED SO EARLY, THOUGH? GOING IF I AM GOING TO SLEEP AT SEVEN OR 9 PM, CAN'T I SLEEP RIGHT THROUGH? YOU HAVE A CIRCADIAN BIOLOGICAL CLOCK. CIRCADIAN IS A VERY FANCY TERM FOR ABOUT ONE DAY. IT KEEPS US IN TUNE WITH THE DAY AND NIGHT CYCLE. IT PROGRAMS US TO SLEEP AT NIGHT AND BE AWAKE DURING THE DAY. THAT CREATES WINDOWS OF SLEEPINESS AND ALSO WINDOWS OF WAKEFULNESS. AND SO WE HAVE A PERIOD OF ALERTNESS IN THE EARLY EVENING A FEW HOURS BEFORE NORMAL BEDTIME. SO IF YOU IF YOUR NORMAL BEDTIME IS 11 PM AND YOU GO TO BED EARLIER, YOU WILL BE LYING THERE, STARING AT THE CEILING AND STRUGGLING TO SLEEP. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE YOUR BEDTIME, DO IT SLOWLY. MOVE IT FORWARD ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES A DAY. AND TRY IT FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE YOU TRY SHIFTING IT FORWARD AGAIN THE NEXT TIME. IT IS GREAT TO HEAR THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE PRIORITISING SLEEP, GETTING MORE SLEEP, BUT REALISE THAT YOU NEED TO DO IT SLOWLY, AND 9 PM MIGHT BE A LITTLE ON THE EARLY SIDE FOR SOME PEOPLE. THE IRONY OF ME DOING THIS INTERVIEW IS THAT I HAD AN ENTIRE SUMMATION OF ABOUT THREE HOURS SLEEP LAST NIGHT. I WAS ONE OF THE ONES JUST STARING AT THE CEILING. NOT AT 9 PM; AT MIDNIGHT. SO IF YOU ARE THINKING, ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE IN BED AT 730 AND I CAN'T SLEEP, WHAT TO DO? IT IS ABOUT GOOD SLEEP HABITS. IT IS ABOUT DOING THINGS LIKE HAVING A GOOD BEDTIME ROUTINE. WE DO IT FOR KIDS, BUT WE DON'T DO IT AS MUCH AS ADULTS. LISTEN TO A PODCAST. ALLOW YOURSELF SOME TIME TO RELAX AND UNWIND. YOUR BRAIN NEEDS TIME TO GET READY FOR SLEEP. THINK ABOUT YOUR SLEEPING ENVIRONMENT ` COLD, DARK, COMFY AND QUIET. THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE FOR GOOD SLEEP. AVOID THINGS LIKE ALCOHOL, NICOTINE AND CAFFEINE. THEY ARE NOT GOOD FRIENDS WITH SLEEP. IF YOU ARE LYING THERE FEELING VERY FRUSTRATED, STARTING TO GET ANXIOUS ABOUT FALLING ASLEEP AND NOT ABLE TO DO SO, GET UP. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, WE SAY NO MORE. GO TO ANOTHER ROOM. DO SOMETHING QUIET AND RELAXING UNTIL YOU FEEL SLEEPY, AND THEN GO BACK TO BED. DON'T MAKE YOUR BED THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE THERE BEING FRUSTRATED OR ANXIOUS ABOUT FALLING ASLEEP FOR A LONG TIME, BECAUSE THEY CAN LEAD TO SLEEP PROBLEMS. I WONDER IF THIS IS A REALISTIC, LONG-TERM TREND, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE SEE TRENDS SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE ON TIKTOK. BUT IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THIS IN SPAIN, YOU AREN'T EVENT GOING TO GET INTO A RESTAURANT BEFORE 9 PM. I WILL PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT AND THE LAST DECADE, THE AMOUNT OF SLEEP TIME HAS GONE UP. I WE CALLING IT QUITS AT 9 PM? IS THAT REASONABLE? I THINK LIKE ANY TREND, SOMETIMES WE SHIFT TO FIGHT IN ONE DIRECTION SHIFT TO FAR IN ONE DIRECTION* AND WE NEED TO FIND SOME BALANCE. YOU NEED TO FIND WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. WE ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT. FOR SOME PEOPLE, 9 PM OR 10 PM IS PERFECT, BUT FOR ME, I AM GOING TO STRUGGLE UNTIL ABOUT 10:30 PM. TRY THINGS OUT AND SEE WHAT IS GOING TO WORK FOR YOU. 1030 STILL SOUNDS PRETTY REASONABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOTS OF FEEDBACK IS COMING AND ALREADY ON THE TOPIC OF HOW MANY HOURS YOU SLEEP. MELISSA SAYS, I GO TO BED AROUND 11 PM OR MIDNIGHT, SO I GET ABOUT SIX HOURS. 39 YEARS OLD. I DO SHIFT WORK AND IT WORKS FOR ME. PETER IS 38. 20 YEARS OF SHIFT WORK. I GO TO BED ABOUT 11 PM AND GET UP ABOUT 630. I USED TO GO TO BED AROUND 10-12. I HAVE AN AFTERNOON KIP. IT IS ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES, BECAUSE I SET MALE ONTO IT NOW. ON THE SUBJECT OF BIG LATE NIGHTS, I MUST APOLOGISE FOR MY VOICE THIS MORNING. NOT BECAUSE I HAD A BIG NIGHT LAST NIGHT, IN CASE MY BOSS IS THINKING SOMETHING HAPPEN, I ACTUALLY LOST MY VOICE PLAYING FOOTBALL LAST NIGHT. YOU WERE YELLING AT PEOPLE. NOT ONE PERSON, LOTS OF PEOPLE. I HAVE HAD A BIG NIGHT. DID YOU WIN. NO, WE LOST. SO ANY TIPS FOR THIS WOULD BE GREAT. JENNY MAY? 930. I HAD TO PUT MY SONS TO BED. GET BASHED IN THE HEAD AND THEN A FOOT. MY SONS ARE TERRIBLE SLEEPERS. IMAGINE YOU ARE TRYING TO GO TO SLEEP WITH THE MEDITATION PLAYING, IT IS GOING TO BE THE SOUND OF A CRYING BABY. MY CHILD IS INSIDE ME. THAT IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOR EVER. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, MATT GIBB HAS HIT THE ROAD TO THE NORTH. MORENA, MATT. WHERE ARE YOU EXACTLY THIS MORNING? MORENA. I AM IN A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SPOT. VERY LUCKY TO BE HANGING OUT IN TUTUKAKA. I'VE GOT HEAPS TO SHOW YOU FROM THE TIME I'VE SPENT UP IN NORTHLAND. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE BELIEVES THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT IT DESERVES AHEAD OF MOVES TO SCRAP THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET INTRODUCE THE BILL TO SCRAP TE AKA WHAI ORA TODAY. JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INQUIRY AGAINST THE MOVE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN SEEN AS 'A POWER PLAY'. LADY TURETI MOXON SAYS IT'S A DISAPPOINTING APPROACH BY LAWMAKERS, WHICH MAKES MAORI FEEL POWERLESS. HERE WE GO AGAIN. NOT EVEN ONE... ONE IOTA OF PARTNERSHIP OR DEMONSTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP UNDER TE TIRITI, AND, BASICALLY, THEY'VE IGNORED IT COMPLETELY. THE HEALTH MINISTER TOLD 1 NEWS THE MOVE REFLECTS THE GOVERNMENT'S 100-DAY PLAN AND WAS EXTENSIVELY CAMPAIGNED ON DURING THE ELECTION. RUMOURS OF A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUE TO SWIRL, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ANY DEAL MIGHT ACTUALLY CONTAIN. THE BBC'S JENNY HILL HAS MORE. WELL, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE ISRAELIS AND THE U.S., WELL, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE ISRAELIS AND THE U.S., YOU'LL HEAR CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM. THERE WERE TALKS IN PARIS OVER THE WEEKEND BETWEEN ISRAEL, THE U.S., EGYPT AND QATAR, AND THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HAS SAID THAT THOSE TALKS RESULTED IN WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS THE BASIC CONTOURS OF A DEAL, IE A FRAMEWORK. BUT HAMAS HAVE YET TO RESPOND TO THIS FRAMEWORK, AND THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF EXTREMELY CONTENTIOUS DETAILS TO BE NEGOTIATED. SO DIFFICULT TO PUT A TIMESCALE ON THIS. DIFFICULT, REALLY, TO PREDICT WHETHER IT COULD ALL COME TOGETHER. JUST AS EASILY, COULD ALL STILL FALL APART. IN THE MEANTIME, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER, HAS REPEATED HIS INSISTENCE THAT HE PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH A MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH. THAT'S CAUSING HUGE CONCERN AMONG FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND AID AGENCIES ALIKE, WHO DESCRIBE THE CONDITIONS IN GAZA FULL STOP AS DIRE, BUT SAY THAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT GROUND INVASION COULD BE CATASTROPHIC. AND OVERNIGHT, THE ISRAELI MILITARY IS SAID TO HAVE PRESENTED MINISTERS IN ISRAEL WITH A PLAN FOR THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS. AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS. AND BEAR IN MIND, ISRAEL HAS REPEATEDLY SAID IT WOULD GET CIVILIANS OUT OF HARM'S WAY BEFORE IT LAUNCHES A MAJOR GROUND INVASION, AND IT'S REPEATEDLY FAILED TO GIVE ANY DETAILS OF SUCH A PLAN. THERE HAVE BEEN FIERY CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTING FARMERS RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS. THESE ARE THE LATEST PROTESTS IN WHAT'S BEEN WEEKS OF ACTION BY FOOD PRODUCERS WHO SAY NEW REGULATIONS ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVELIHOODS AT RISK. AND FARMERS IN SPAIN HAVE ALSO TAKEN MORE ACTION, BLOCKING THE CENTRE OF MADRID WITH TRACTORS. AMONG THE FARMERS' DEMANDS ` AN END TO FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WHICH THEY SAY ALLOWS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE TO UNDERCUT THEIR GOODS. NEW ZEALAND SIGNED A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU LAST YEAR. GETTING A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP IS THE LATEST TREND AMONG YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, WITH 18- TO 35-YEAR-OLDS NOW OPTING FOR AN EARLY BED TIME. GOOD QUALITY SLEEP AND ITS RELATION TO HEALTH SEEMS TO BE THE DRAWING CARD, BUT THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR BED TIME OF 8.30pm TO 9.30pm ISN'T FOR EVERYONE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO NEED 10 OR 11 BUT THEY WILL BE IN THE MINORITY. AND FOR MOST YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF ABOUT 18 TO 25, THEY WILL NEED ABOUT 7 TO 9 HOURS OF SLEEP PER NIGHT TO FEEL REALLY GOOD AND FUNCTION THE NEXT DAY. PROFESSOR SIGNAL SAYS IF YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE YOUR BED TIME, SHIFT IT BY 10 MINUTES A DAY TO AVOID STRUGGLING TO GO TO SLEEP. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN FRONT OF A SOLD-OUT BASIN RESERVE FOR THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND HEAD INTO THE TWO-MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS, WITH AUSTRALIA THE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. TICKETS FOR THE FIRST TEST WERE SNAPPED UP QUICKLY. YEAH, NO, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE MOVE TO FREE-TO-AIR HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO GET BEHIND THE GAME, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT, I GUESS, WHEN WE'RE AT AIRPORTS AND LIKE THAT, SHOWING UP AND SMILING AND SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH THE SUMMER HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NOTICE AS BLACKCAPS HOW COOL IT IS TO HAVE THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND BEHIND US. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. EVERTON'S PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S FINANCIAL RULES HAS BEEN REDUCED. THE CLUB WAS DOCKED 10 POINTS IN NOVEMBER, BUT AFTER A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL, IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO JUST SIX, LIFTING THEM TO 15th ON THE TABLE. BUT IT'S NOT OVER FOR EVERTON. THEY FACE ANOTHER POINTS DEDUCTION FOR ALLEGED BREACHES IN THEIR ACCOUNTS FOR LAST SEASON. AND FINALLY, IT'S THE SHOT MANY EXPERIENCED BASKETBALLERS WOULD LOVE TO MAKE PULLED OFF BY A 12-YEAR-OLD. NEW JERSEY SEVENTH GRADER SARA GUVEIYAN STEALING THE BALL WITH JUST SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK AND THEN NAILING A HALF-COURT SHOT TO WIN THE MATCH. IN DOING SO, SHE PUT HER TEAM INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. HERE WE GO. HOW GOOD. I MIGHT KNOW HOW THAT FEELS. I MIGHT SAY, DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT FEELS, JENNY-MAY? LET IT GO. MOVE ON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE. A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. 23 IN AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` RAIN THROUGH YOUR MORNING, HEAVY FOR SOME. CLEARING TO HIGH CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUPO. 25 IN TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. 26 IN GISBORNE. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. 21 WITH SUNSHINE POPPING OUT IN WELLINGTON. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 21. 23 ML SEVEN. HEADING SOUTH ` LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TIMARU, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 20 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. THANK YOU, CHRIS. I AM WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE WAS PERIMENOPAUSAL GET SHARP PAINS IN THEIR HIPS. IT IS VERY SORE. I AM GLAD YOU TWO ARE BOTH ON THE CUTS. YOU NEED TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELVES. YES, NANNA NEEDS TO SIT ON THE COUCH. I AM NOT PERIMENOPAUSAL. CLEARLY NOT. THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS, STRETCHING FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE NORTHLAND PENINSULA, LIE NESTLED BETWEEN WHANGAREI AND WELLSFORD IN NORTHLAND. CURRENTLY THE HILLS ARE HAVING A MUCH-NEEDED UPGRADE, BUT NORTHLAND REMAINS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, ACCESSIBLE VIA THREE ALTERNATIVE SCENIC ROUTES. SO WE'VE SENT MATT GIBB ON A ROAD TRIP ALONG THE PICTURESQUE EAST COAST TO TUTUKAKA. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHERN INC. MORENA. MORENA, JENNY-MAY. THE SCENIC ROUTE. I AM ALL ABOUT IT. IT IS NOT ABOUT STRAIGHT LINES, NEW ZEALAND. LET'S TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE SOMETIMES. YOU DO HAVE TO AVOID THE UPGRADE, BUT YOU CAN TAKE ON SOME OF THE BEST PARTS OF NORTHLAND. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. I WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN UP TO. RIGHT NOW, AFTER TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE UP, FINALLY I FOUND MYSELF HERE IN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. I WILL CHECK TO KATE THIS MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I AM GOOD, THANK YOU. SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING AROUND PREPARING A BED AND BREAKFAST. YOU HAVE BEEN RUNNING AROUND ALL MORNING. WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO GET UP AND BE ON FIRE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE? IT IS NICE TO HAVE YOU WITH US. I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL THINGS HERE. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. YOU HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SOME TIME. I ARRIVED UP HERE, AND THE WELCOME I RECEIVED AS A VISITOR WAS AMAZING. THAT IS WHAT KEEPS ME HERE. YOU JUST FEEL LIKE YOU ARE LOVED. IF YOU LIKE YOU ARE WELCOME HERE, IT IS YOUR PLACE. SOMETHING ABOUT IT TOUCHES YOU. I AM NOT QUITE A LOCAL. BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL UP THIS PART. RUNNING THIS BUSINESS, THIS IS A PRETTY AMAZING BUSINESS. YOU GET TO TAKE PEOPLE TO 1 OF THE WORLD'S BEST DIVE SPOTS. TELL ME ABOUT IT. THE ISLANDS ARE AMAZING. THERE CERTAINLY IS A PLACE THAT TOUCHES THE SOUL OF EVERYBODY HERE. YOU SEE IT WHEREVER YOU ARE ALONG THE STRETCH OF THE COAST. JACQUES COUSTEAU RATED AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE HAD MANTA RAYS AND DIFFERENT COLOURED FISH. YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO GET IN THE WATER TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTIFUL CLIFFS AND THE ISLANDS. THEY SPEAK TO YOU. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE SPEAKING FROM THE HEART. YOU HAVE MADE ME WANT TO COME AND HAVE A DIVE WITH YOU. I HAVE NEVER DONE IT. I WILL BE COMING BACK. WE WERE TALKING BEFORE ABOUT THE SCENIC ROUTE YOU TAKE TO GET HERE. TELL ME A BIT ABOUT YOUR FAVOURITE SPOTS. IF YOU DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR DESTINATION, YOU KNOW YOU ARE GETTING THERE ANYWAY. YOU BOOK A WEEKEND AWAY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO FIND OUT A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, NOT JUST ABOUT THE THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ALONG THE WAY. I DO NOT ANYONE KNOWS THIS, BUT THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND WE HAVE THESE PANCAKE ROCKS. CHECK THEM OUT. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL WALKWAY MAINTAINED BY LOCALS. SOME HEADED GYMS ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LOOKING AFTER US. I AM COMING BACK FOR A DIVE. YOU HAD BETTER. I WILL SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS I AM DOING LATER ON TODAY. BUT COME UP HERE AND SEE IT. IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. NICE WORK, MATT. ME U TONU MAI ` NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING SYDNEY COUPLE. OUR AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT JOINS US WITH THE LATEST IN THE CASE OF THE DOUBLE MURDER ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING A POLICE OFFICER. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. CHILLING NEW DETAILS HAVE EMERGED OVERNIGHT AS THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE BODIES OF SYDNEY COUPLE JESSE BAIRD AND LUKE DAVIES. POLICE HAVE BEEN SCOURING A RURAL PROPERTY AND DAMS NEAR SYDNEY BUT FOUND NOTHING OF INTEREST. A POLICE OFFICER IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF MURDER IN RELATION TO THE MEN'S DEATHS. FOR THE LATEST, WE'RE JOINED BY 1 NEWS AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SAAFIN. GOOD MORNING. AN EMERGENCY CALL. GUNSHOTS, AND THE ACCUSED KILLER PURCHASE NUMBER OF ITEMS BEFORE DISPOSING OF THE BODIES. BRING US UP TO SPEED. A FEW KEY DEVELOPMENTS ANNOUNCED BY THE DETECTIVE INSPECTOR LAST NIGHT. WE KNOW THEY ARE SEARCHING THIS RURAL AREA, IT IS AROUND TWO HOURS AWAY FROM SYDNEY. THAT IS WHERE POLICE BELIEVE HE ALLEGEDLY DUMPED THE BODIES OF JESSE AND HIS BOYFRIEND, LUKE. SOME DETAILS EMERGED ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION YESTERDAY, INCLUDING THESE ITEMS THAT WERE PURCHASED ON THE WAY TO THIS PROPERTY. FROM WHAT POLICE HAVE SAID, THEY ALLEGE THAT LAMAR ALONG WITH A FRIEND ON THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY WENT AND PURCHASED AN ANGLE GRINDER AND A PADLOCK THAT WAS USED TO BREAK INTO THIS PROPERTY, WHICH WE HAVE NOW LEARNED HE WENT TO BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS CONNECTION HE HAD. ALLEGEDLY, HE BROKE INTO THE PROPERTY. HE LEFT AS FRIEND OUTSIDE FOR ABOUT HALF-AN-HOUR, AND THEN HE CAME BACK. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT THIS FEMALE FRIEND IS NOT ACCUSED OF ANY WRONGDOING. SHE WAS ONLY THERE. SHE SAID SHE WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING. SHE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THESE ALLEGED CRIMES. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS INSIDE THAT WHITE VAN THAT WAS PICTURED IN THAT PROPERLY MULTIPLE TIMES. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THIS FRIEND CAME FORWARD TO POLICE, AND SHE SAYS THAT LAMAR SUSPECTED THAT SHE MIGHT DO THAT, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY HE CAME FOR THE NEXT DAY. JUST ITEMS FROM THE STORE. AN ANGLE GRINDER IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? THE ANGLE GRINDER ALLEGEDLY WAS PURCHASED TO BREAK INTO THE PROPERTY. AND ONCE THAT WAS DONE, LAMAR SPENT ABOUT HALF-AN-HOUR THERE. HE CAME BACK OUT AND USED A NEW PADLOCK TO LOCK THE PROPERTY UP. ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER, AFTER HE CAME BACK TO SYDNEY, HE ENDED UP BACK AT THE PROPERTY, AT WHICH POINT WE WERE TOLD THAT HE ALLEGEDLY PURCHASED WEIGHTS. NOW, THIS IS WHERE A NEW THEORY COMES IN EITHER POLICE. THEY ALLEGE THAT AT THIS POINT THE BODIES MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY ARE FINDING IT QUITE HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY THE LOCATION OF THE BODIES OF THESE TWO MEN. THIS AREA, FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW, IT IS QUITE A RURAL AREA. IT IS VERY HARD TO GET TO. THERE IS NOT MUCH RECEPTION. THERE ARE GAPS IN THE POLICE TIMELINE. THAT IS BECAUSE POLICE GO OFF A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY DO LOOK AT IS CCTV FOOTAGE. THEY TRY AND MAP OUT THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THIS PARTICULAR WHITE VAN THAT WAS PICTURED IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE THAT TRAIL GOES COLD. THEY HAVE BIG GAPS IN THIS TIMELINE, AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT THIS POINT. THEY CAN ONLY REALLY GO ON ASSUMPTION, AND ALSO INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THEY KEEP PUTTING OUT THESE PLEAS TO THE PUBLIC TO HELP. INTERESTINGLY, THE MARDI GRAS PARADE IS BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND OVERNIGHT. IT HAS BEEN REVEALED AND CONFIRMED THAT POLICE HAVE BEEN UNINVITED. YES, THAT IS AN BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. THE BOARD OF THE SYDNEY GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS PARADE MET LAST NIGHT. THEY SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. JUST TO PUT INTO CONTEXT, POLICE HAVE BEEN MARCHING IN THIS PARADE FOR AROUND 20 YEARS NOW. BUT THE BOARD CAME BACK LAST NIGHT, AND THEY MADE THE DECISION TO AN INVITE THE POLICE FROM MARCHING. THIS COMES OFF THE BACK OF POLICE COMMISSIONER, WHO HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN QUESTIONED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE POLICE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARDI GRAS PARADE, WHETHER IT WAS IN FACT APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BE MARCHING THIS YEAR, NOT NECESSARILY TO BE BANNED COMPLETELY, BUT PERHAPS JUST IN THE WAKE OF THIS DEVASTATION, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, JUST BEING ON THE GROUND HERE, THE COMMUNITY IS REELING. THE COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED, AND A TIME WHEN THEY SHOULD BE CELEBRATING GAY LIBERATION AND PRIDE. AND CERTAINLY AT A TIME WHERE JESSE AND LUKE WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT AS WELL. THE ISSUE THAT COMES OUT OF THIS IS THE ALLEGED ACCUSED MURDERER, HE WAS A SERVING POLICE OFFICER. HE WAS NOT SERVING AT THE TIME, BUT SERVING NONETHELESS. A LOT OF ISSUES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THIS. THEY HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO AN INVITE THE POLICE FROM THE MARDI GRAS PARADE ON SATURDAY. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE NEW RESEARCH CONTRADICTING THE PRIME MINISTER'S CLAIM THAT FEWER TOBACCO SELLING OUTLETS MEANS MORE RETAIL CRIME. THAT IS COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK. # HEY, I HEARD YOU WERE A WILD ONE. # OOH. # DON'T SHOW UP. # DON'T COME OUT. # DON'T START CARING ABOUT ME NOW. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. IT IS 6:55. RETAINING SMOKE-FREE LAWS WOULD REDUCE RAM RAIDS AND OTHER RETAIL CRIME INVOLVING CIGARETTES, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO RESEARCH FINDS. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL OUR WORLD-FIRST SMOKE-FREE LAWS BY MARCH 8th. THE LEGISLATION INCLUDES REDUCING TOBACCO RETAILERS FROM 6000 TO 600. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS FEWER OUTLETS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED RAM RAIDS AND CRIME. WE THINK IT'S WRONG, FOR EXAMPLE, TO HAVE A SINGLE STORE IN NORTHLAND AS A TARGET FOR CRIME AND FOR RAM RAIDS AND FOR GANGS, AND TO ULTIMATELY DRIVE INTO A BIGGER BLACK MARKET. BUT NEW RESEARCH CONTRADICTS THIS CLAIM. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR JANET HOEK. MORENA, PROFESSOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. DOES THAT STACK UP? WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL US? WE'VE BEEN CONCERNED FOR SOME TIME THAT THE GOVERNMENT SIMPLY HASN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE WHEN THEY'VE BEEN MAKING CLAIMS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTING SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY MADE, AND THE EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORTS THOSE, AND WE LOOKED AT POLICE DATA ON RAM RAIDS WHICH SHOWED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DECLINING SHARPLY SINCE 2022. THAT IS COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH THE STATEMENT YOU JUST PLAYED. AS PART OF THAT DATA, THERE IS REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION ON RETAIL CRIME IN TOBACCO OUTLETS AND ITEMS BEING TARGETED OR STOLEN. WHAT DOES THE DATA TELL YOU? TOBACCO ACTUALLY WASN'T AMONG THE KEY ITEMS THAT WERE TARGETED IN RAM RAIDS, AND THAT CASH AND TILL REGISTERS WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE TARGETED. IN FACT, TOBACCO IS NOT THE KEY ITEM THAT IS BEING SOUGHT IN RAM RAIDS. KNOWING ALL OF THAT, THEN, HAS THE GOVERNMENT GIVEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THEIR CLAIMS? LOOK, I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT SPOKESPEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY PERFORMED REALLY POORLY. I THINK THEY HAVE STRUGGLED WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO JUSTIFY THE REPEAL, AND THEY SIMPLY DON'T SEEM TO BE FAMILIAR WITH EVIDENCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM. AS YOU SHOWED ANNUAL CLIP, MR LUXON SAID THAT RAM RAIDS I GOING TO INCREASE. HE AND MR RETI TALKED ABOUT THE TARGETING OF RETAILERS. I THINK THAT IS AN ASTONISHING COMMENT FOR THEM TO MAKE. I THINK THEY NEED TO HEAR CONCERNS FROM THE WIDER POPULATION. I CAN TELL YOU THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING THOSE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM THE HEALTH PROFESSION, FROM COMMUNITY WORKERS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. AND I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT ALL OF THESE GROUPS ARE SENDING IS THAT THEY WANT THIS LEGISLATION TO GO AHEAD AND BE IMPLEMENTED. REPEALING THE SMOKE-FREE LAWS THAT WILL PRESUMABLY HELP THIS GOVERNMENT PAY FOR THE TAX CUTS THAT IT COMMITTED TO DURING THE ELECTION, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT IT IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING TOBACCO USE. SO AS A PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT, HOW DO YOU READ THAT APPROACH? I THINK THAT THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY DETAIL OF WHAT THEY WILL DO TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE. INSTEAD WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS SHIFT THE FOCUS AND ATTENTION AND ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT WORLD LEADING LEGISLATION THAT HAS A VERY ROBUST EVIDENCE BASE. I THINK PERSONALLY IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPALLING THAT NICOLA WILLIS SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SMOKING, TO EXCISE TAX REVENUE. WE KNOW THAT SMOKING RATES ARE MUCH HIGHER AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE LESS WELL OFF AND MUCH LOWER AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE WELL OFF. SO WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS ESSENTIALLY DOING IS ENDORSING A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VERY WELL OFF TO PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL OFF I THINK THAT IS JUST THE ANTITHESIS OF A DECENT SOCIETY. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. KIA ORA. THE PRIME MINISTER IS ABOUT TO ADD ANOTHER BILL TO THE BONFIRE OF PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT POLICIES, BUT THIS ONE'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEGAL CHALLENGE. UP NEXT, WE'LL ASK THE PRIME MINISTER WHY HE'S DITCHING THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY JUST TWO DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT HEARING ON ITS FUTURE. PLUS, YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS ` MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING PINGED FOR BEING ON THEIR PHONE WHILE DRIVING. WE'LL REVEAL THOSE SHOCKING STATISTICS AND THE WAKE OF DESTRUCTION THEY ARE LEAVING BEHIND IN 20 MINUTES. AND THERES A WHOLE NEW WAY TO MAKE VINYL RECORDS, AND THEY ARE BEING CREATED RIGHT HERE IN AOTEAROA. STICK AROUND TO GO INSIDE NEW ZEALAND'S ONLY PRESSING PLANT A LITTLE LATER. BUT FOR NOW IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. A MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE SAYS PLANS TO AXE THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS A DISAPPOINTING APPROACH BY LAWMAKERS WHICH MAKES MAORI FEEL POWERLESS. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET INTRODUCE THE BILL TO SCRAP TE AKA WHAI ORA TODAY. JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INQUIRY AGAINST THE MOVE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN LABELLED A 'POWER PLAY'. LADY TURETI MOXON SAYS THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT IT DESERVES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS JUST MADE A UNILATERAL DECISION, BUT IT IS A POLITICAL DECISION BASED ON POPULARISM. AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT IS SAD ABOUT IT, BECAUSE MAORI AGAIN ARE BEING USED AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL, AND THAT'S BEEN THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TREATED US SINCE THE SIGNING OF TE TIRITI. THE HEALTH MINISTER TOLD 1 NEWS THE MOVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 100-DAY PLAN, AND WAS EXTENSIVELY CAMPAIGNED ON DURING THE ELECTION. PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE HOPEFUL A CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE STRUCK AMID RUMOURS THAT A PAUSE IN VIOLENCE IS ON THE WAY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN AREAS WITH LITTLE ACCESS TO AID AND SEVERELY DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO WORK ON ITS PLAN TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH BUT SAYS THAT COULD BE DELAYED IF ANY CEASEFIRE DEAL IS AGREED. UKRAINE CLAIMS TO HAVE INTERCEPTED A NUMBER OF RUSSIAN DRONES AND MISSILES DURING A STORM OF STRIKES OVERNIGHT. THIS HOUSE IN THE SUMY REGION WAS DESTROYED, KILLING A HUSBAND AND WIFE, ACCORDING TO THE STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE. AUTHORITIES SAY AS MANY AS 21 MISSILES AND DRONES WERE LAUNCHED DURING THE ATTACK ON THE NORTHEASTERN PROVINCE. AUSTRALIAN POLICE CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR THE BODIES OF TWO MISSING MEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MURDERED A WEEK AGO. JESSE BAIRD AND LUKE DAVIES HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN IN OVER A WEEK, AND A FORMER LOVER OF MR BAIRD'S HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THEIR MURDERS. POLICE SPENT MUCH OF YESTERDAY EXPLORING A SERIES OF DAMS ON A RURAL PROPERTY AROUND 200km OUTSIDE SYDNEY. SMOKE-FREE LAWS THAT WOULD HAVE LOWERED THE NUMBER OF TOBACCO OUTLETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WOULD HAVE ALSO REDUCED RAM-RAIDS AND OTHER RETAIL CRIME ` THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO RESEARCH. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL THE WORLD-FIRST SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE REDUCED TOBACCO RETAILERS FROM 6000 TO 600. THE PRIME MINISTER INSISTS FEWER OUTLETS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED CRIME. BUT PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR JANET HOEK SAYS THE LINK BETWEEN CRIME AND CIGARETTES ISN'T CLEAR. WE FOUND THAT TOBACCO ACTUALLY WASN'T AMONG THE KEY ITEMS THAT WOULD HUG AT IT IN RAM RAIDS AND THAT CASH AND TILL REGISTERS WERE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE TARGETED. SO IN FACT TOBACCO IS NOT THE KEY ITEM THAT IS BEING SOUGHT IN RAM RAIDS. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL THE LEGISLATION BY MARCH 8. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL LOOK TO END A 31-YEAR DROUGHT WHEN THEY TAKE ON AUSTRALIA AT A SOLD-OUT BASIN RESERVE. NEW ZEALAND WILL HEAD INTO THE TWO-MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS AND HAVEN'T BEATEN AUSTRALIA IN A TEST SERIES AT HOME SINCE 1993. NEW ZEALAND BOOSTED BY THE RETURN OF BATTER DARYL MITCHELL, WHO HAS RECOVERED FROM A FOOT INJURY. I LOVE PLAYING FOR NEW ZEALAND, AND, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NICE TO PLAY AUSTRALIA. I'VE MANAGED TO PLAY THEM IN A NUMBER OF WORLD CUPS NOW AND A COUPLE OF ODI SERIES AS WELL. SO, LOOK, IT'S COOL TO TAKE ON THE AUSSIES, AND, FOR US, IT'S, AGAIN, NOT MAKING IT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS. IT'S, OBVIOUSLY, A SPECIAL SERIES FOR EVERYONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S JUST ANOTHER BALL COMING DOWN AT YOU AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO NEGATE IT. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY, WITH FULL COVERAGE LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE. A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. 23 FOR AUCKLAND. FURTHER SOUTH ` RAIN THROUGH YOUR MORNING, HEAVY FOR SOME. CLEARING TO HIGH CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 DEGREES IS THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA AND WHAKATANE. TO THE EAST COAST ` SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. OVER TO THE WEST ` CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 23 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. WELLINGTON, YOU ARE LOOKING ALRIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 21. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, FO WELLINGTON, YOU ARE LOOKING ALRIGHT THIS AFTERNOON AND A HIGH OF 23 DEGREES FOR KAIKOURA AND NELSON. HEADING SOUTH ` LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TIMARU, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 20 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. AND QUEENSTOWN, YOUR HIGH TODAY IS 20 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS REPORTEDLY HEADED FOR THE SCRAP HEAP JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE A LEGAL HEARING TO TRY AND KEEP IT ALIVE. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS A BILL TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY WILL BE TABLED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY. THE MOVE IS BEING DESCRIBED AS A 'POWER PLAY' THAT SHOWS A LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE JUDICIARY. IT'S RATHER DISMISSIVE, AND THAT'S A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, REALLY, BECAUSE THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HASN'T REALLY BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT THAT IT DESERVES, AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN GIVEN THE KIND OF KUDOS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE GIVING ANY JUDICIARY IN OUR COUNTRY. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON JOINS ME FOR MORE THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR LUXON. WHY IS SCRAPPING THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY SO IMPORTANT THAT IT CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE SURGEON HEARING JUST TWO DAYS AWAY? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVER SINCE THE HEALTH AUTHORITY WAS FORMED. WE DON'T THINK IT IS THE WAY FORWARD TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MAORI. WE DON'T THINK MORE BUREAUCRACY IS THE WAY TO DO IT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR OVER A YEAR AND 1/2. WE TALKED ABOUT IT MANY TIMES ON YOUR SHOW. WE CAMPAIGNED ON AND WON THE ELECTION. WE ARE JUST MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE 49 ACTIONS. WE'VE GOT LOTS TO DO IN THE NEXT 14 DAYS, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. WE'VE CAMPAIGNED ON IT, TALKED ABOUT IT, POST IT FOR GOOD REASON, NOW WE'RE JUST ACTIONING IT. IT IS ONLY 14 MORE DAYS, THOUGH, AND IT GIVES PEOPLE A VOICE. IT OFFERS DUE RESPECT TO A JUDICIAL AUTHORITY. THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT IN THE WAY THAT IT WANTS TO LOOK AT IT, BUT ALSO PARLIAMENT, THE GOVERNMENT, HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT WANTS TO DO. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS WELL. IS THAT DISMISSIVE? IT IS THE REALITY OF WHERE WE ARE. THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS SOMETHING WE HAVE A POST FOR VERY GOOD REASON. IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MAORI. IT IS BUREAUCRACY. WE CAMPAIGNED ON IT. THE NEW ZEALAND PEOPLE SUPPORTED US, AND IT IS PART OF OUR 100 DAY PLAN WITHIN DAYS OF FORMING A GOVERNMENT. WE'RE JUST WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE 49 ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE BY MARCH. YOUR ANSWER IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU GAVE YESTERDAY THAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS DISMISSIVE. IS IT NOT DISMISSIVE TO REFUSE TO WAIT JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD? YOU CAN STILL DO WHAT YOU WANT. IT IS NOT LEGALLY BINDING. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. WE CAMPAIGNED AND TALKED ABOUT IT. WE'VE GIVEN OUR REASONS WHY WE OPPOSE IT REALLY CLEARLY. IT IS PART OF OUR 100 DAY PLAN, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING. WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH A VERY STRONG AGENDA. WE HAVE A LOT TO DO AN INITIAL PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER OUTCOMES FOR MAORI THROUGH ORGANISATIONS ON THE GROUND, RATHER THAN CENTRAL BUREAUCRACY HERE IN WELLINGTON. DO YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A NEW ZEALANDER? I DO, AND IT IS SEVEN YEARS LESS FOR MAORI. WE SEE LOWER IMMUNISATION RATES FOR MAORI UNDER TWO YEARS OLD. IT IS AROUND 74%. FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION, IT IS AROUND 90%. WE WANT TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL NEW ZEALANDERS. THE ABILITY TO GET CANCER TREATMENT, SURGERY, OTHER TREATMENT. THOSE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON FOR MAORI AND NON-MAORI. THE AVERAGE EXPECTANCY IS 82 FOR A PERSON IN NEW ZEALAND. A MAORI MAIL IS 73. ALMOST A DECADE LESS, AND IT HAS TAKEN 20 YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS TO TURN THIS AROUND? WHAT WE ARE NOT DOING IS BUILDING A CENTRAL BUREAUCRACY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT I JUST GAVE AN EXAMPLE OF, ANNA. OVER CHRISTMAS, WE SPENT TIME TACKLING ONE PROBLEM, WHICH IS MAORI IMMUNISATION RATES UNDER TWO THROUGH COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE HIGH TRUST IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. THEY CAN GET THOSE IMMUNISATION RATES UP BETTER THAN WE CAN TO A CENTRAL BUREAUCRACY THAT THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF AND DO MORE OF UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. THAT WILL LEAD TO BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES. YOU'VE ANNOUNCED AN ENQUIRY TO SORT OUT SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS. IS THERE NOT A SPREADSHEET THAT YOU COULD ASK THE MINISTER TO GIVE YOU? IT IS CLASSIC LABOUR, ISN'T IT? MASSIVE COST OVERRUN. IT IS 350 IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF DESIGN, BUILD. THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD THEIR HOPES RAISED AND THERE IS NO MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT. WE NEED A WAY GOING FORWARD WHERE WE ARE NOT IN THE SITUATION EVER AGAIN. THERE ARE MASSIVE COST OVERRUNS, MASSIVE UNDERFUNDING, POOR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS. ARE YOU SAYING THE MINISTER DOES NOT HOLD THE INFORMATION AT THE MOMENT ABOUT WHICH SCHOOLS HAVE PROJECTS UNDERWAY? THEY CAN. BUT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THOSE 350 SCHOOLS AS TO WHETHER WE DELAY PROJECTS. THE REASON WE WANT A SHORT, SHARP ENQUIRY IN MAY IS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROCESS TO HANDLE IT BETTER. HOW ON EARTH YOU END UP IN THE SITUATION? IF YOU ARE RENOVATING YOUR HOUSE, YOU HAVE A BUDGET AND AGREE ON THE SCOPE OF WORKS. BUT BECAUSE IT IS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T CARE. YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. YOU WOULD MAKE SURE YOU RESTOCK YOUR PROJECT AND YOU ARE WORKING TOWARDS YOUR BUDGET, AND IT DOESN'T BLOW OUT THREEFOLD ON IT. WHAT WE HAVE THE SAME MESS, ACCORDING TO LABOUR, AND THE PROJECTS ARE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INVESTED IN EDUCATION. IT IS NOT A PLACE WE WANT SAVINGS IN; WE WANT TO SEE INVESTMENT AND IT. WE ARE ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. THE REALITY IS, DOES THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DO A REALLY GOOD JOB ON BUILDING THE CURRICULUM AND WHAT WE ARE TEACHING OUR KIDS, BUT ARE THEY EXPERTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE? YOU ARE LEAVING IT OPEN THERE THAT OFFICIALS HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOBS. ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO DO HER JOB? WHAT I WILL SAY FOR YOU AS I DIDN'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE PREVIOUS EDUCATION MINISTER FOR 5.5 YEARS, CHRIS HIPKINS. THEY ARE GONE, THOUGH. THIS IS THE REALITY WE ARE ENCOUNTERING, AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS REALITY. TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE, YOU NEED TO CALL OUT THE POOR PERFORMANCE. WE ARE AGAIN LEFT WITH A FINANCIAL PROBLEM, BUT WE WILL FIX THAT UP, AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT PRETTY FAST IN MAY. WELL THAT ENQUIRY LOOK AT WHETHER THE EDUCATION MINISTER IS RESPONSIBLE AND WHETHER THEY SHOULD CONTINUE IN THEIR ROLES? WE WILL LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PROMISED PROJECTS TO START IN FEBRUARY, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DECEMBER, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T GO AHEAD. EACH SCHOOL IS DIFFERENT, AND THERE IS NO STANDARDISED CLASSROOM, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE ARE OTHER COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED INTO THE PROJECTS AS LOVERS OF THAT IS VERY WELL, BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE ON TOP OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THE BUILDING PROJECTS ARE MANAGED WITHIN A BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY EXIST. AND AGAIN, PHARMAC ` NOT FUNDED. SCHOOL LUNCHES ` NOT FUNDED. FOR EXAMPLE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE GOOD MANAGEMENT AND BE ON TOP OF THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE ARE LOOKING THIS MORNING AT THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WITH PEOPLE USING CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING. NUMBERS ARE ON THE RISE, AND THE FINDINGS WE HAVE IN NEW ZEALAND IS QUITE LOW COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES ` $150. DO YOU THINK THE FINE SHOULD BE A LOT HIGHER? WE THINK PEOPLE JUST SHOULDN'T BE ON THEIR PHONES WHILE DRIVING. IT IS A MAJOR DISTRACTION AS YOU WELL KNOW. IF A HIGHER FINE AS A DISINCENTIVE FOR PEOPLE, THEY GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY JUST PUT THE PHONE DOWN BECAUSE YOU DON'T NEED YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING. I KNOW THE MINISTER WILL LOOK AT THAT IN DUE COURSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE WILL CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS THERE. UP NEXT ` WHY TEXTING AND DRIVING IS A DEADLY COMBO. NOW ROAD SAFETY ADVOCATES WANT TO SEE THE PENALTY FOR MOBILE PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING RAISED. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN. # NO ONE ELSE CAN FEEL IT FOR YOU. # ONLY YOU CAN LETTERED. # NO ONE ASKED CAN SPEAK THE WORDS ON YOUR LIPS. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. DANIEL IS GETTING READY FOR OUR NEXT INTERVIEW. COME AND JOIN US. THAT IS OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CELL PHONES AND THE USE OF CELL PHONES WHILE ONE IS DRIVING. THE FINE HERE IN NEW ZEALAND IS $150. I DID A BIT OF LOOKING OVERSEAS INTO AUSTRALIA IN PARTICULAR, AND EACH STATE HAS THEIR OWN. THE HIGHEST ONE IS ABOUT $560. THE INTERESTING THING IN AUSTRALIA IS THAT AS YOU ARE DRIVING, IF YOU JUMP ON YOUR PHONE, PEOPLE WILL BE AT YOU AND TELL YOU AND YOU CAN MAKE OUT IT. THE QUESTION IS ` IF WE WANT TO STOP PEOPLE FROM USING THEIR PHONE WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS... IS IT AT THAT LEVEL WHERE YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE TO TELL THIS PERSON THAT I AM ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL TO SEE THEM. SOME PEOPLE ARE WAY WORSE THAN OTHERS. I REMEMBER IN THE STATES ONE-TIME PEOPLE ARE OPENLY ON THEIR PHONE TEXTING. NEW ZEALANDERS LIKE THAT TO BE FAIR. DANIEL, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US? IT IS AN INTERESTING TOPIC. EMAIL US. PHONES HAVE BECOME AN IRRESISTIBLE PART OF DAILY LIFE, AND AS WE'VE BECOME INCREASINGLY CONNECTED, DISTRACTED DRIVING OFFENCES SKY ROCKETED ` MANY OF US STRUGGLING TO LEAVE OUR PHONE ALONE WHEN BEHIND THE WHEEL. IT'S A CONCERNING TREND, WITH LATEST FIGURES FROM 2023 SHOWING OVER 40,000 THOUSAND OFFENCES IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS ` SHOWING OVER 40,000 OFFENCES IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS ` A JUMP OF NEARLY 25%. THAT'S 10,000 MORE THEN THE SAME PERIOD THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THE REGIONS WITH THE MOST OFFENCES ` COUNTIES MANUKAU TIPPING OVER 6000. CANTERBURY AND AUCKLAND NOT FAR BEHIND. AND, OF COURSE, EVERY OFFENCE COMES WITH A FINE. IT WILL COST YOU 150 A POP. THAT'S OVER $6 MILLION IN FINES IN JUST NINE MONTHS. AND THOSE NUMBERS, WELL, THEY'RE JUST THE ONES CAUGHT. SOMEONE WHO'S AFFECTED BY THE OUTCOME OF THIS OFFENCE EVERY DAY IS BILL HAMMOND. HIS DAD WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AFTER A DRIVER ON THEIR PHONE CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE. BILL JOINS US TO EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF THESE NUMBERS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. A JUMP OF NEARLY 25%. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE FIGURES? IT IS TERRIBLE. SOMETHING DOES HAVE TO BE DONE. AND PROBABLY THE FINES, INCREASING THE FINE IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST AND MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF MAKING PEOPLE REALISE THAT DISTRACTION ON THE ROAD IS JUST` IT JUST LEAVES EFFECTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE VICTIMS, AND THEMSELVES. YEARS AND YEARS AGO, THE WORST THING THAT YOU WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE DROPPING A CIGARETTE IN THE FIRE WELL AND LEANING DOWN AND PICKING IT UP. NOW THE TECHNOLOGY, THAT CAN GO 24 SEVEN. FOR THE COST OF, SAY, A $100 BLUETOOTH PHONE OR SOME OTHER TECHNOLOGY THEY CAN HAVE ON THEIR PHONE, IF THE FINE WAS HIGHER, IT WOULD MAKE IT WORTH IT TO ACTUALLY GET THAT AND PUSH THAT THROUGH. BUT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE TERRIBLE. THE STATISTICS, JUST LOOKING AT THEM, ARE SOME OF THE WORST IN THE WESTERN WORLD. AND YET OUR CONSEQUENCES ARE JUST $150. I HAD A LOOK. SOME PARTS OF AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND IS A $1000 FINE. UK, NZ$400 IF YOU ARE CAUGHT WITH YOUR PHONE. OMAN, $1200, +10 DAYS IN JAIL. MOROCCO IS $1300. THE PRIME MINISTER SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO HIKING UP THE FINES. WHAT WOULD YOUR MESSAGE ME TO HIM? DO IT. DO IT. IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT DRIVER DISTRACTION DOES, AND THERE ARE SO MANY ACCIDENTS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THAT THAT ARE HIDDEN. THEY ARE CAUSED BY DRIVER DISTRACTION, AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY HIDDEN. IT IS A NO-BRAINER, REALLY. A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY BANNED TEXTING IN CARS, WHICH HAD BEEN LEGAL FOR A WHILE. NOW THIS IS JUST A NO-BRAINER. DO NOT USE YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY A DRIVER ON THEIR PHONE. TALK TO US ABOUT THE STORY BEHIND THE ACCIDENT YOUR DAD WAS IN. MY DAD, HE WAS 88 AT THE TIME. HE IS NOW 90. HE WAS GOING OVER TO OUR BACH. HE WAS GOING TO RETAIN A WALL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE AT 6 O'CLOCK AND GO OVER, AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD HEAD OVER AT ABOUT 9 O'CLOCK WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS A BIT LIGHTER. ON A STRAIGHT PIECE OF ROAD, A CAR CAME ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE SAW THE CAR AND SWERVES. IT IS HIS DEFENSIVE DRIVING THAT PROBABLY SAVED BOTH OF THEIR LIVES. IF THROUGH THE UTE ON ITS SIDE. THE AIRBAGS CAME OFF, AND HE DID NOT GET THE PROTECTION OF THE HEAD REST. IT PUT A BREAK INTO HIS NECK +2 BROKEN RIBS, BROKEN TOES AND A HEAD INJURY. THAT IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HE WAS ON THE SIDE FOR 90 MINUTES BEFORE FIRE AND EMERGENCY WAS ABLE TO GET HIM OUT. IN HOSPITAL, HE GOT... BREATHING PROBLEMS. AND THAT TOOK A FAIR WHILE FOR THAT TO COME RIGHT. HE IS NOW 90. HE IS STILL WITH US. HE HAS BROKEN, BUT HE IS STILL WITH US. THE ACCIDENT DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN. AND HIS INDEPENDENCE AND, REALLY, HIS WHOLE LIFE WAS CHANGED AROUND FROM THAT DAY AND WILL BE UNTIL HE FINISHES, PLUS HOURS AS WELL. WE SEE A VERY DIFFERENT DAD THAN WHAT WE USED TO. I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT. I WISH YOU AND HIM ALL THE BEST IN TERMS OF HIS RECOVERY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANKS, DANIEL. HAVE A NICE DAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, MATT GIBB HAS BEEN SOAKING UP ALL THAT TUTUKAKA HAS TO OFFER. WHERE ARE YOU NOW, MATT? KIA ORA. I AM AT THE MARINA. IT IS KNOWN AS NORTHLANDS FRIENDLY MARINA. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SPOT. I WILL BE COMING TO YOU LIVE AFTER THE NEWS AND WEATHER WITH A LOOK OF WHAT SOME OF PEOPLE CAN GET UP TO. CHECK IT OUT SOON. A MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE BELIEVES THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT IT DESERVES AHEAD OF MOVES TO SCRAP THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY. 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO INTRODUCE THE BILL TO SCRAP TE AKA WHAI ORA TODAY. JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INQUIRY AGAINST THE MOVE, THE PLAN HAS BEEN SEEN AS 'A POWER PLAY'. LADY TURETI MOXON SAYS IT'S A DISAPPOINTING APPROACH BY LAWMAKERS. HERE WE GO AGAIN. NOT EVEN ONE... ONE IOTA OF PARTNERSHIP OR DEMONSTRATION OF PARTNERSHIP UNDER TE TIRITI. AND BASICALLY, THEY'VE IGNORED IT COMPLETELY. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS THE MOVE SHOULDN'T COME AS A SURPIRSE. IT'S PART OF OUR 100 A PLAN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING. WE ARE WORKING AWAY THROUGH A STRONG AGENDA. WE HAD A LOT TO DO AT A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR MAORI, THE LINK BETWEEN RAM RAIDS AND TOBACCO ISN'T CLEAR, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO. THE FINDING CONTRADICTS THE PRIME MINISTER'S CLAIMS THAT FEWER OUTLETS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED CRIME. THE COALITION GOVERNMENT WILL REPEAL SMOKEFREE LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE REDUCED TOBACCO RETAILERS FROM 6000 TO 600. BUT PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR JANET HOEK SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING UP WORLD LEADING SMOKEFREE LAWS, WITH NO DETAILS OF PLANS TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY APPALLING THAT NICOLA WILLIS SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SMOKING, TO GENERATE EXCISE TAX, THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL THE LEGISLATION BY MARCH 8. THERE IS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM THIS MORNING ABOUT A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE DEAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. ABC'S REENA ROY HAS MORE DETAILS. AS ISRAEL KEEPS UP ITS BARRAGE IN GAZA, CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALSO UNDERWAY. THE ISRAELI WAR CABINET CONSIDERING A PROPOSAL TO TRY AND MOVE CIVILIANS OUT OF RAFAH IN SOUTHERN GAZA, WHERE MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOW LIVING. ISRAEL PLANNING ON LAUNCHING A MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST HAMAS IN THAT DENSELY POPULATED AREA. BUT AID AGENCIES WARNING OF A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE IF THE ISRAELI MILITARY MOVES IN. THIS RESIDENT OF RAFAH SAYING, 'WE'RE TOLD IT'S A SAFE AREA, BUT THERE IS DAILY SHELLING.' YOU CAN SEE DAMAGED BUILDINGS ACROSS THE AREA AND RUBBLE IN THE STREETS, INJURED PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING A MILITARY OPERATION THERE COULD BE DELAYED IF THE NEW CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE REACHED WITH HAMAS. AN ISRAELI SOURCE TELLING ABC NEWS THAT ISRAEL HAS NOW AGREED TO AN UPDATED FRAMEWORK, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A SIX WEEK CEASEFIRE AND THE RELEASE OF 40 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, INJURED AND SICK. IN RETURN, ISRAEL WOULD RELEASE HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS, AND THE IDF WOULD REDEPLOY, BUT NOT WITHDRAW ITS FORCES FROM THE GAZA STRIP. BUT STILL NO WORD FROM HAMAS ON THE DEAL. THERE HAVE BEEN FIERY CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTING FARMERS, RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS. THESE ARE THE LATEST PROTESTS IN WHAT'S BEEN WEEKS OF ACTION BY FOOD PRODUCERS, WHO SAY NEW REGULATIONS ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVELIHOODS AT RISK. AND FARMERS IN SPAIN HAVE ALSO TAKEN MORE ACTION, BLOCKING THE CENTRE OF MADRID WITH TRACTORS. AMONG THE FARMERS' DEMANDS, AN END TO FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WHICH THEY SAY ALLOWS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE TO UNDERCUT THEIR GOODS. NEW ZEALAND SIGNED A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU LAST YEAR. TO SPORT ` AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT BASIN RESERVE FOR THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND HEAD INTO THE 2 MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS, WITH AUSTRALIA THE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. TICKETS FOR THE FIRST TEST WERE SNAPPED UP QUICKLY. EVERTON'S PENALTY YEAH, NO, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE MOVE TO FREE-TO-AIR HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO GET BEHIND THE GAME, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT, I GUESS, WHEN WE'RE AT AIRPORTS AND LIKE THAT, SHOWING UP AND SMILING AND SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH THE SUMMER HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NOTICE AS BLACKCAPS HOW COOL IT IS TO HAVE THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND BEHIND US. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. EVERTON'S PENALTY FOR BREAKING THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE'S FINANCIAL RULES HAS BEEN REDUCED. THE CLUB WAS DOCKED 10 POINTS IN NOVEMBER, BUT AFTER A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL, IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO JUST SIX, LIFTING THEM TO 15TH ON THE TABLE. BUT IT'S NOT OVER FOR EVERTON ` THEY FACE ANOTHER POINTS DEDUCTION FOR ALLEGED BREACHES IN THEIR ACCOUNTS FOR LAST SEASON. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE. A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT, HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. RAIN THROUGH YOUR MORNING, HEAVY FOR SOME. CLEARING TO HIGH CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST - SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. OVER TO THE WEST, CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A HIGH OF 21. HEADING SOUTH - LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TIMARU, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 20 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY. WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. WE'VE BEEN ASKING WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO STOP DRIVERS USING PHONES? AND COMES OFF THE BACK OF THE INTERVIEW WE HAVE JUST HAD, WITH SOMEONE'S FATHER WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS ON THEIR PHONE AND CRASHED INTO HIM. AND ALSO SPOKE TO THE PRIME MINISTER, AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS SHOULD THE FINES BE HIKED UP? AROUND THE WORLD THEY ARE UP TO AROUND $1200 AND UP TO 10 DAYS IN JAIL. HE WAS OPEN TO THE IDEA. THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE WHEEL USING THEIR PHONES IS ON THE INCREASE. SCOTT TEXTED AND SAYING THAT HE LOST HIS NIECE TO A TEXTING DRIVER. WE ALREADY LOST HER FATHER, I FEEL SO SCARED FOR MY FAMILY OUT ON THESE ROADS. $150 IS THE CURRENT FINE. WE'VE HEARD FROM LULU WHO LIVES IN BELGIUM THEY ARE FINED $321. QUEENSLAND'S LAWS CAN BE FINED $1161 AND HAVE FORWARD TO MERIT POINTS RECORDED AGAINST YOUR TRAFFIC HISTORY FOR USING A PHONE. FOR A SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT MOBILE PHONE OFFENCE COMMITTED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER AN EARLIER FENCE, YOU GET DOUBLE DEMERIT POINTS. ONE OF YOU HAS SUGGESTED THAT POTENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU COULD DO AS WELL. INCREASE THE TO MERIT POINTS BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET OVER 100 WITHIN A TWO-YEAR PERIOD THE CAMPAIGNS THAT WE USED TO GET ABOUT TEXTING AND DRIVING'S HAVE JUST EVAPORATED NOW. I DON'T EVEN SEE THEM ON INSTAGRAM. THE GUEST TO BE EVERYWHERE, BUT ALSO, HOW IS IT GOING UP ` THERE ARE MORE AND MORE MODERN CARS WITH HANDS-FREE. I THINK IT IS JUST HABITUAL. IT IS NORMAL. AND AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THAT PHONE GO OFF, YOU ARE GRABBING IT. I CATCH THE BUS, AND YOU SIT ON THE BUS, AND YOU HAVE THAT HIGH LEVEL OF LOOKING DOWN, AND PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES ALL THE TIME. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. SHOULD WE HIKE UP THE FEE? DISCOVER THE SCENIC WONDERS OF NORTHLAND, THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS NESTLED BETWEEN WHANGAREI AND WELLSFORD ARE GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED FACELIFT. BUT NORTHLAND IS STILL RUNNING BUSINESS AS USUAL, MADE ACCESSIBLE VIA THREE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. WE'VE SENT MATT GIBB TO CHECK IT OUT FOR US THIS MORNING. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHERN INC. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN SENT HERE. I'VE BEEN USING MY PHONE IN A VERY SAFE MANNER THIS MORNING, BY TAKING ABOUT 1000 PHOTOS OF A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE RED SKY COMING UP. THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PART OF THE COUNTRY, AND OBVIOUSLY, VARIANCE INSTAGRAM WORTHY. AT SUCH A STUNNING PART OF THE COUNTRY AND I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN ON A ROAD TRIP HERE. YOU GET TO SEE SOME OF THE PLACES YOU MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED ON PAST, AND I AM SO LUCKY I GOT TO SEE SOME OF THOSE PLACES RECENTLY. TAKE A LOOK. TIME TO HIT THE ROAD UP NORTH. THE BRYNDERWYN UPGRADE IS ON THE WAY. (UPBEAT MUSIC) A LOVELY DRIVE AND THROUGH THAT BEAUTIFUL DRIVEWAY. THIS PLACE A STUNNING. WE ARE A BOUTIQUE VINEYARD. WE ARE OPEN FROM 11 TILL FIVE, I THINK I'LL BE PLANNING A LONGER STOP NEXT TIME. (UPBEAT MUSIC) CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER PLACE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THIS IS SO GORGEOUS. OUR BACKYARD IS A PLAYGROUND. WE LOVE TO HAVE EVERYONE WITH US. I HAVEN'T BEEN ON A HORSE FOR 20 YEARS. YOU LOOK COMFORTABLE AND RELAXED. WHY AM I BOUNCING SO MUCH? IT'S HORSE-OME. (CHILLED MUSIC) AFTER A DAY ON THE ROAD, THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO STOP FOR THE EVENING. IT'S SNAPPER ROCK RESTAURANT. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE CHEF BY THE LOOKS OF THIS. START WITH THE WONTONS? YOU'RE A GENIUS. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. PAUA WONTONS. SO MANY GREAT EXPERIENCES A PAIR IN THE WINTER LISTEN. I AM LOVING MY TIME. I AM IN TUTUKAKA, PLEASE PLAN YOUR ROAD TRIP UP HERE. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH MATT. POLICE SHOULD HAVE THE POWER TO SMASH THE MOBILE PHONES, JOHN SAYS. $1000 FINE, AND 30 TO MERIT POINTS. ME U TONU MAI, THE FOUR DAY WORK WEEK IS BECOMING A PHENOMENON IN THE UK, SO WHY IT NOT TAKEN OFF HERE YET? WE'LL ASK ITS FOUNDER NEXT. WORK LESS DAYS, BUT BE PAID THE EXACT SAME. SOUNDS DREAMY DOESN'T IT? WELL THAT'S THE REALITY FOR MANY UK BUSINESSES WHO HAVE DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY IMPLEMENT FOUR DAY WORKING WEEKS AFTER TAKING PART IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST EVER TRIAL. IT'S AN INITIATIVE KIWI AND FOUNDER OF THE FOUR DAY WEEK ANDREW BARNES STRONGLY BELIEVES IN. HE JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN WHY WE MAY BE SO BEHIND. MORENA! I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE YEAR ON, WHAT IS THE DATA SHOWING YOU? I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE YEAR ON, WHAT IS THE DATA SHOWING YOU? UNANIMOUSLY, EMPLOYERS HAVE SAID IT WAS POSITIVE. I MET YOU IN LONDON WHEN IT WAS BEING TRIALED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND WE WENT TO A BRITISH RECRUITMENT FIRM, THEY TRAILED IT FOR SIX MONTHS, THEY LOVED IT. THEY SAID STAFF WERE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE MOTIVATED. IS THAT WHAT IT IS ABOUT? WHAT WE FOUND IN THE UK DATA, IS THAT ONE YEAR ON, THE COMPANIES ARE REPORTING 35 INCREASE IN REVENUE. IT'S NOT DAMAGING PRODUCTIVITY AT ALL. IT'S ENHANCING IT. THERE ARE MAJOR BENEFITS AND WORK LIFE BALANCE. EMPLOYEES HAVE A BETTER WORKLIFE BALANCE. SOUNDS DREAMY, BUT IT IS THE REALITY. SO WHY IS NEW ZEALAND SO SLOW? I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE ENGAGEMENT ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL. THAT IS TO BE CONTRASTED AROUND THE WORLD. YOU'VE GOT LEGISLATION BEFORE CONGRESS AND THE UNITED STATES. YOU'VE HAD LAWS PASSED IN THE NUMBER OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, CERTAINLY IN THE MANIFESTO OF A FEW PARTIES IN THE UK. WITH TALK TO ALL THE PARTIES OVER HERE, AND NOBODY IS PREPARED TO MAKE A MOVE ON IT. IS THAT FRUSTRATING FOR YOU, BEING THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT BEHIND US AND HAVING EVIDENCE THAT IT WORKS IN THE UK? YES, IT IS FRUSTRATING. THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND HEALTH, THERE WERE STATISTICS OUT YESTERDAY IF YOU'RE UNWELL, AS A CONSEQUENCE OF STRESS, THAT MEANS IT'S MORE DEMANDS ON THE HEALTH SERVICE, IT'S MORE ISSUES AT HOME. IF WE CAN REDUCE THE STRESS, DROP THE SICK DAYS, NOT ONLY DOES IT BENEFIT THE ECONOMY, IT HAS MUCH WIDER IMPLICATIONS AS FAR AS OUR SOCIETY. BOSSES WILL BE WATCHING THE TRADITIONAL FIVE-DAY WORKPLACE WILL BE WATCHING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? THIS IS REALLY ABOUT ENGAGING YOUR EMPLOYEES TO WORK OUT HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMPANY BETTER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO CLOSE FOR A DAY. PERPETUAL GUARDIAN HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR SIX YEARS. PEOPLE CAN TAKE A DAY OFF, PEOPLE CAN TAKE 1/2 DAY, WORKING PARENTS COME IN LATE GO HOME EARLY, HELPS WITH CHILDCARE. IF YOU HAVE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, MORE ENGAGED EMPLOYEES, ARE THEY GOING TO BE MORE OR LESS PRODUCTIVE, AND THE EVIDENCE IS IT WILL BE BETTER. IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IT WILL BE THE EQUIVALENT OF TAKING THE ENTIRE UK PRIVATE CAR FLEET OFF THE ROAD EVERY YEAR. YOU CAN ALSO BE HEADING GOALS, ZERO CARBON GOALS. THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT OF THE FOUR DAY WORKING WEEK. THANK YOU. NOW AND YOU, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, PLEASE SET UP TO LEVEL 7 OF THIS BUILDING. THE LIFT IS JUST ROUND THE CORNER. E WHAI AKE NEI, SUPER RUGBY AUPIKI IS READY TO KICK OFF AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET IT UNDERWAY IN STYLE THAN TO SEND OUR SPORTS DEPARTMENT UP THE SKY TOWER. MORENA, LACHIE. NOT A BAD LAUNCH PARTY UP HERE IN THE SKY TOWER. WITH THE MEN'S SUPER RUGBY COMPETITION UNDERWAY THE WAHINE ARE PREPARING TO START THEIR 2024 SEASON. IT WAS A CLOSE FINAL LAST SEASON, WITH THE SOUTH ISLAND'S ONLY TEAM MATATU TAKING OUT THE COMPETITION. SO, WE SENT LACHIE UP THE SKY TOWER TO SEE HOW ALL THE TEAMS ARE FEELING BEFORE THE SEASON OPENER. MORNING, LACHIE. MORNING. WE CAN'T QUITE SEE EDEN PARK, THERE IS A BIT OF FOG, BUT I'M JOINED BY SOME OF THE CAPTAINS OF THE TEAMS. HOW EXCITED ARE WE FEELING? WE ARE DEFINITELY READY. WE HAD A FEW WEEKS OF PRE-SEASON CAMPS I THINK THE GIRLS ARE TIRED OF RUNNING AT EACH OTHER. CHIEFS CAME PRETTY CLOSE LAST YEAR, THOUGHTS ON THIS YEAR? AS I SAID WE ARE READY TO GO. CHAMPIONS MATATU, HOW YOU GUYS FEELING? THERE IS AN AWESOME FEELING WITHIN THE CAMP. LAST SERIES WE CAME REALLY REALLY CLOSE EACH TEAM IS GROWING, SO WE ARE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE. IT'S A BIT OF A SMALLER COMPETITION COMPARED TO THE MEN'S, BUT THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF CHAT ABOUT MAYBE AUSTRALIA GETTING INVOLVED. WOULD YOU GUYS ENJOY A TRANS-TASMAN TOURNAMENT? ABSOLUTELY. NOT ONLY WOULD IT BENEFIT THE WOMEN IN THE COMPETITION BUT IT WOULD ALLOW US TO ROTATE THE SQUAD'S A BIT MORE. IT IS A DIFFICULT COMPETITION AND EACH GAME IS REALLY HARD SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO ROTATE PLAYERS. GROWING THE COMPETITION AND BEING ABLE TO PLAY THE SUPER W TEAMS WILL ALLOW US TO DEVELOP A WIDER DEPTH OF PLAYERS IN NEW ZEALAND. DOES THIS COMPETITION FEEL LIKE A TRIAL TO MAKE THE NATIONAL TEAM? I WOULD SAY YES AND NO. EVERYONE WHO PLAYS IN THIS COMPETITION, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS PLAYING FOR THE CREST ON MY CHEST. WHILE SOME PLAYERS DO HAVE THAT LONG-TERM GOAL OF ONE DAY DONNING THE BLACK JERSEY, THIS COMPETITION IS ANOTHER STEPPING STONE TOWARDS THAT, BUT NOT THE BE ALL AND END ALL HER CANES HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WIN IT THE LAST FEW SEASONS. ARE WE EXCITED FOR THIS SEASON ARE READY TO START? THE LAST TWO SEASONS WE HAVEN'T TAKEN IT HOME THAT WE HAVEN'T COME LAST AS WELL. THE GIRLS ARE EXCITED AND READY TO GO THIS WEEKEND AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST HOME GAME AS WELL THIS WEEKEND AT SKY STADIUM. DO THINK THIS COMPETITION CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION? IT'S AWESOME. BACK HOME FOR THE HURRICANE'S, WE HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GROW HOME GROWN PLAYERS, WHICH IS EXCITING BECAUSE IT GIVES A LOT OF GIRLS MORE OF A CHANCE TO COME IN AND PLAY IN THE SUPER COMPETITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, GOOD LUCK FOR THE SEASON. THEY ARE SUPERSTARS. HOW GOOD TO HAVE THEM ALL THERE THIS MORNING. THE PRIME MINISTER IS WARNING HIGHER FINES FOR DRIVERS ON THEIR CELLPHONES COULD BE ON THE CARDS IF IT WILL STOP PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW. FIGURES RELEASED TO 1 NEWS SHOW A NEARLY 25% JUMP IN PEOPLE USING THEIR PHONES WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023. THE FINE IN NEW ZEALAND IS JUST $150 - IN COMPARABLE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES IT CAN REACH TO OVER A THOUSAND. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ON THEIR PHONES WHILE DRIVING. THAT IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS AND A MAJOR DISTRACTION. WILL BE LOOKING AT HIGHER FINES IF THAT'S AN INCENTIVE. THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS THE MINSTER RESPONSIBLE WILL LOOK INTO THIS IN DUE COURSE. BILL HAMMOND'S FATHER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER CROSSED THE CENTRE LINE BECAUSE THEY WERE DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONE. HE TOLD BREAKFAST HE'S IN FAVOUR OF HIGHER FINES. TO DO IT. IT SHOWS YOU THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT DRIVER DISTRACTION DOES. THERE ARE SO MANY ACCIDENTS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THAT. A MAORI HEALTH ADVOCATE SAYS PLANS TO AXE THE MAORI HEALTH AUTHORITY IS A DISAPPOINTING APPROACH BY LAWMAKERS WHICH MAKES MAORI FEEL POWERLESS. 1NEWS UNDERSTANDS THE GOVERNMENT IS SET TO INTRODUCE THE BILL TO SCRAP TE AKA WHAI ORA, TODAY, JUST DAYS OUT FROM AN URGENT WAITANGI TRIBUNAL INQUIRY AGAINST THE MOVE. THE PLAN HAS BEEN LABELLED A 'POWER PLAY'. LADY TURETI MOXON SAYS THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN THE RESPECT IT DESERVES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS JUST MADE A UNILATERAL DECISION, BUT IT IS A POLITICAL DECISION BASED ON POPULARISM. AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT IS SAD ABOUT IT, BECAUSE MAORI AGAIN ARE BEING USED AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL, AND THAT'S BEEN THE WAY IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TREATED US SINCE THE SIGNING OF TE TIRITI. THE HEALTH MINISTER TOLD 1 NEWS THE MOVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 100-DAY PLAN, AND WAS EXTENSIVELY CAMPAIGNED ON DURING THE ELECTION. ISRAELI WARPLANES HAVE BEEN SEEN FLYING TOWARDS LEBANON BEFORE A SERIES OF SMOKE PLUMES EMERGED ABOVE THE SKYLINE. TWO ISRAELI JETS WERE SEEN MAKING THE TRIP AND SOURCES SAY STRIKES KILLED TWO HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS. THE STRIKES WERE IN NORTH EASTERN LEBANON MAKING THIS ISRAEL'S DEEPEST ATTACK INTO LEBANESE TERRITORY SINCE TENSIONS BEGAN ESCALATING AFTER THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS. JORDAN HAS AIR DROPPED AID INTO GAZA AS RUMOURS OF A POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE CONTINUE TO SWIRL. IT'S THE BIGGEST AIR DROP OF ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES INTO THE TERRITORY SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES WERE DROPPED AT 11 SITES ALONG THE COASTLINE FOR GAZANS TO ACCESS. PREVIOUS AID DROPS BY JORDAN HAVE GONE TO HOTELS RUN BY THE JORDANIAN MILITARY. CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE AFTER THE 'BASIC CONTOURS' OF A DEAL WERE APPARENTLY AGREED OVER THE WEEKEND. NEW IMAGES HAVE EMERGED FROM THE LUNAR LANDER WHICH TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MOON AT THE END OF LAST WEEK. THE PHOTOS APPARENTLY SHOW ODYSSEUS'S DESCENT ON TO THE MOON'S SURFACE. THE VEHICLE IS THE FIRST PRIVATE SPACE CRAFT TO LAND ON THE MOON, AND LANDED FURTHER SOUTH THAN ANY PREVIOUS MISSION. IT'S HOPED THIS LANDING WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR HUMANS TO RETURN TO THE MOON BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE. THE POPE HAS CANCELLED A SERIES OF MEETINGS FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. THE 87-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF IS REPORTEDLY SUFFERING FROM A MILD FLU AND THE SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITY IS SAID TO BE A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE POPE DELIVERED HIS USUAL REMARKS TO THE CROWDS IN ST PETERS SQUARE ON SUNDAY IN ROME. TO SPORT, AND THE BLACKCAPS WILL LOOK TO IMPROVE WITH THE RED BALL AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SOLD OUT FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT THE BASIN RESERVE. NEW ZEALAND WILL HEAD INTO THE TWO MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS WITH AUSTRALIA THE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. NEW ZEALAND WELCOMING BACK BATTER DARYL MITCHELL WHO'S RECOVERED FROM A FOOT INJURY. THE PAST IS THE PAST, AND ALTHOUGH WE RESPECT THE HISTORY OF THE GAME AND WHAT'S BEEN, AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU SHOW UP FIRST BALL ON DAY ONE, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY SPECIAL IN FRONT OF A PACKED BASIN. SO, UM, LOOK, AUSSIE ARE A WORLD CLASS TEAM, THEY'VE PROVEN OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF HOW GOOD THEY ARE, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT CRICKETERS IN OUR OWN BACKYARD AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING ON THE AUSSIES AND HAVING SOME FUN WHILE DOING THAT. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY, YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE AND FREE ON TVNZ+. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE, A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, RAIN THROUGH YOUR MORNING, HEAVY FOR SOME. CLEARING TO HIGH CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST, SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU, WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON. REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. OVER TO THE WEST, CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 21. HEADING SOUTH, LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TIMARU, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 20 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. UNI STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO THE LECTURE THEATRES THIS WEEK WHICH ALSO MEANS A RETURN TO THE MIGHTY, YET UNSAVOURY STUDENT FLAT. BUT ONE UNIVERSITY GROUP SAYS DETERIORATING, COLD, OLD, MOULDY LIVING SITUATIONS SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTED AS SIMPLY PART OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME WITH SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PRICE TAG. FOR MORE WE'RE JOINED BY THE OTAGO UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT PRESIDENT, KEEGAN WELLS. GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHERE ARE YOU AT THE MOMENT AND THE CONDITIONS FOR MANY STUDENTS THERE AND IN EDEN? WE ARE HERE ON THE INFAMOUS CASTLE STREET WHERE A BUNCH OF STUDENTS ARE MOVING BACK IN. LIVING CONDITIONS ARE AS THEY HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, IT IS PRETTY COLD AND PRETTY MOULDY. HOW DO LANDLORDS ALLOW STUDENTS TO LIVE IN THESE CONDITIONS? THERE IS THE ISSUE THAT WE SEE IN DUNEDIN EVERY YEAR WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING IN FRESH. THEY HAVE NEVER FLATTED BEFORE AND DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS AND IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN TERMS OF THE LANDLORD'S DUTIES. DO STUDENTS CARE OR IS THIS A RITE OF PASSAGE? STUDENTS DO CARE. IT IS SEEN AS A RITE OF PASSAGE ESPECIALLY HERE IN DUNEDIN, BUT IT IS UNHEALTHY. STUDENTS ARE GETTING SICKER, SICKER FOR LONGER AND IT AFFECTS THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO BE IN THESE BAD FLATS BUT THEY ARE PUSHED IN THERE AND MADE TO SEE IT AS A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE. WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE? THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US. WE HAVE SERVICES VIA STUDENT SUPPORT, BUT THEY CAN GO INTO TENANCY SERVICES BY THEMSELVES. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WORST CASES YOU HEARD? WHAT ARE THEY SEEN AND WHAT ARE THEY LIVING IN? I'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY BAD STUFF WITH MY OWN EYES EVEN MOVING INTO MY FLAT AT THE START OF LAST YEAR. THERE WAS AN ENTIRE CHEST FREEZER THAT HAD A DEER LEG IN IT THAT HAD BEEN UNPLUGGED FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE I MOVED IN. I'VE SEEN OLIVE OIL FROZEN IN FLATS. I'VE SEEN MOULD COVERING EVERY SINGLE SURFACE IN BATHROOMS. IT KEEPS GOING. I HAVE SEEN ICE ON THE INSIDE OF WINDOWS AND THAT IS JUST WHAT I'VE SEEN. I THINK THAT IS FAIR TO SAY THE PRESENTERS AND HERE ARE ALL SHOCKED BY SOME OF THOSE. IS IT ILLEGAL? IT IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL. WHEN HEALTHY HOME STANDARDS CAME INTO EFFECT THERE WAS NO METHOD OF MAKING SURE THOSE ARE ABIDED BY THEIR IS NO COMPLIANCE. WITHOUT THAT, IT IS HARD TO SAY WHAT THE LANDLORDS ARE DOING IS CORRECT. WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE? A FEW THINGS. THERE NEEDS TO BE HARDER COMPLIANCE FOR THESE LANDLORDS. WITHIN DUNEDIN, WE HAVE A BIG PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND PRIVATE LANDLORD SO IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THESE GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE UP TO STANDARD. NOT JUST THE LUCK OF THE DRAW. THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE A CULTURAL SHIFT. STUDENTS NEED TO SAY THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE BUT IT NOW COMES DOWN TO MAKING NOISE TO SAY THIS CANNOT CONTINUE. SO GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. A DEER LEG? FROZEN OLIVE OIL? YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT. YOU SHOULD NOT, YOU SHOULDN'T TOUCH IT. IT'S LITERALLY A HEALTH HAZARD. ONE ARGUMENT WOULD BE THAT FOR LANDLORDS, WELL STUDENTS TREAT THEM LIKE CRAP, SO WHAT'S THE POINT IN DOING IT UP. BUT IF YOU LEAVE THEM LIKE THAT THEY'LL JUST TREAT IT THE SAME. IT'S FERAL IS IN IT? THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A PILE OF RUBBISH OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR AND MOULD GROWING OUTSIDE ON THE WALLS. THAT IS NOT THE TENANTS RESPONSIBILITY. I GUESS STUDENTS THINK IT'S PART OF LIFE... THAT'S WHAT YOU DO IN OTAGO, MANY STUDENTS TURN UP AND FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO SHAKE THINGS UP. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE IS ALWAYS DONE. IT IS A RITE OF PASSAGE TO SURVIVE YOUR DISGUSTING DUNEDIN FLAT EXPERIENCE. WHAT IS NEEDED IS A CULTURAL SHIFT FROM STUDENTS THINKING THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING TO GET. YOU WANT YOUR 10 HOURS SLEEP, THEY ARE KNOCKING ASLEEP IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT. DUNEDIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUITE AN EXTREME CASE. THERE ARE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE TERRIBLE FOR STUDENTS. WELLINGTON HAD PLACES WITH MOULD ON THE BATHROOM WALLS, AND THE LANDLORD TOLD ME TO PUT THE HEATED TOWEL RAIL ON THAT SHOULD HELP FIX IT. DO NOT DO THAT, IT IS NOT OFFICIAL ADVICE. I'D LIKE TO SEE EXAMPLES FROM PEOPLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. IT IS ABSOLUTE SQUALOR. IF YOU CAN GET RID OF COACH BURNING AND SHUTTING DOWN BARS YOU CAN SURELY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE FLATS? THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES LIVING IN HOMES WITH MOULD THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED. WE HAVE GOT SO MUCH FEEDBACK FROM YOU AROUND CELL PHONES AND THE USE OF CELL PHONES IN VEHICLES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU ARE SAYING THE FINE SHOULD BE GREATER, BUT THERE ARE INTERESTING EXAMPLES YOU HAVE GIVEN FOR WHY, WE WILL GET TO THAT SHORTLY. ME U TONU MAI, THESE NEXT CLIPS MAY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE FROM THE LATEST BLOCKBUSTER FILMS AT THE CINEMA... FIND OUT HOW THEY'VE BEEN MADE BY A.I AND A SINGLE PARAGRAPH OF TEXT. NO WAY. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS A TERM WE'RE ALL HEARING A FAIR BIT THESE DAYS. AMONGST TRYING TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE UNIVERSE, IT CAN ALSO CREATE IMAGES THAT LOOK SO REAL, YOU BELIEVE THEY REALLY ARE. AND NOW IT CAN DO VIDEOS TOO, LIKE THIS ONE OF U.S PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. I MAY BE 80 YEARS OLD, BUT I'M SHARPER THAN A STEEL BLADE. JUST TO BE REALLY CLEAR, THAT VIDEO WAS ENTIRELY FAKE. BIDEN NEVER GAVE THAT SPEECH. BUT WITH OPEN A.I'S LATEST TECH, VIDEOS LIKE THIS ARE ONLY GOING TO BECOME HARDER TO DISTINGUISH FROM REALITY. TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF A.I, WE'RE JOINED BY TECHNOLOGY EXPERT, DANU ABEYSURIYA. MORENA! I DIDN'T THINK WE'D GET TO VIDEOS THIS QUICKLY BUT THINGS ARE MOVING SO FAST. WHAT IS NEXT? THE PACE IS STAGGERING. THERE HAVE BEEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEVELOPMENTS. THEY STARTED LABELLING DATA WHICH IS NEEDED TO TRAIN THESE VIDEOS AND NOW THEY ARE ONLY LIMITED BY THE NUMBER OF COMPUTER CHIPS THEY HAVE. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE AS MANY COMPUTER CHIPS AS POSSIBLE AND IT'S GOING TO GO FASTER FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW YEARS. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT HOW THE WORLD HAS SHIFTED FROM PAPER TO COMPUTERS, TO COMPUTERS TO SMART PHONES AND HOW THE INTERNET CHANGE THINGS IN LESS THAN A DECADE. IT IS A MULTIPLYING EFFECT. IT IS ALL OF THOSE FOUR THINGS AND THEN AI ON TOP. IT IS A MASSIVE CHANGE IN SOCIETY THAT IS COMING. THE COMPUTER HAD A LIMITED EXTENT OF WHAT I COULD LEARN BUT AI CAN LEARN FROM COMPUTERS AND PAPER. THE ABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO PICK UP NEW CONCEPTS AND PRODUCE NEW OUTPUTS IS AMAZING. WE DON'T EVEN REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THEY CAN DO. THAT IS THE FREAKY BIT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN A BIT AT THE END, BUT THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF DISCUSSION ABOUT A MORE RECENT VIDEO THAN THAT ONE THAT HAS FAR MORE OFFENSIVE CONTENT THAT HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS HAVING BEEN SAID BY THE US PRESIDENT BUT SOCIAL MEDIA SITES HAVE DECIDED THAT CONTENT IS ALLOWED TO STAY UP. WHAT WILL BE DO ABOUT THIS CONTENT? I THINK THERE IS SOME REAL RISKS. POLITICAL EXTREMISM AND VOTE RIGGING IS THE EXTREME END BUT CYBERCRIME, STOCK MANIPULATION, WHATEVER PARTICULAR VIRAL VIDEO GOES ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A COMPANY IS IN DIRE FINANCIAL STRAITS BUT ISN'T? JUST BECAUSE YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT SAY SOMETHING FUNNY THIS TIME DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE FUNNY THE AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO TAKE IT DOWN. I THINK YOUR EARLIER POINT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY MOVING FASTER, WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ADAPT. BUT GIVES IN THE BREATHING ROOM TO HELP THEM REALISE WHAT AI ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. YOU'VE PREPARED SOME VIDEOS FOR US. YOU HAVEN'T CREATED THESE, BUT THEY WERE CREATED BY PROVIDING A BIT OF TEXT AND THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK OUT WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT. WHAT TRY TO GUESS FROM EACH CLIP. DO YOU THINK THESE CLIPS WERE CREATED BY AI OR HUMANS? THAT LOOKS PRETTY REAL. GO REAL ON THAT ONE. I WILL SAY AI. THE MOVEMENT LOOKS TO SMOOTH. I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE. IT IS AI GENERATED. OKAY HAVE WE GOT ANOTHER CLIP? I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE TO. I'M GOING TO SAY REAL. I'M GOING TO SAY AI. IT IS REAL. YOU WILL NOTICE BETWEEN THE TWO CLIPS, THE WATER GIVES AWAY SOME OF IT. IN THE FIRST CLIP, THE WATER IS MOVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. ARE THERE CERTAIN MATERIALS THAT AI STRUGGLES WITH? YES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TINY DETAILS LIKE CARS IN THE BACKGROUND... I WAS LOOKING AT THE MOUNTAIN I THOUGHT THE MOUNTAIN LOOK SLIGHTLY OUT OF PLACE. ONE WILL GO. YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR SURE. I'M GOING REAL AGAIN. IT'S AI. WAY TOO MANY LIGHTS ON THE CEILING. THAT IS THE ONLY GIVEAWAY I COULD PICK OUT FROM THIS VIDEO. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SO BELIEVABLE. SO IT WASN'T THE PICTURE THAT YOU ARE QUESTIONING, IT WAS MORE THE UNREASONABLENESS OF THE OBJECTS? THAT IS SO DIFFICULT. I THINK THE POINT ABOUT THE UNREASONABLENESS, THAT IS WHAT GIVES IT AWAY. THINGS DON'T LOOK QUITE RIGHT, PEOPLE DON'T WALK QUITE RIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE END OF THE MOVIE PRODUCTION BUSINESS BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AI TAKING OUR JOBS, WILL BE START TAKING THE JOBS OF ANIMATORS AND MOVIE DIRECTORS? I ALREADY KNOW OF A COUPLE OF COMPANIES WHO HAVE STOPPED HIRING ARTISTS. A LOT OF THEM ARE OUTSOURCING. THEY'VE LOWERED THEIR PRICES BECAUSE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT NEED FOR RESKILLING AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO RESCALE, POTENTIALLY. EVEN TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE TOOLS IN THEIR JOB. LET'S TAKE THAT AS THE UPSIDE. ONE MORE QUESTION FROM THE FLOOR... THIS IS A QUESTION PURELY OUT OF ADMIRATION, BUT IS THAT PERFECTLY SCULPTED'S MOUSTACHE REAL OR AI GENERATED? YOU'VE NEVER SEEN MY MOUSTACHE AND ME IN THE SAME ROOM. IT'S A REAL MOUSTACHE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER, PLUS WE ARE HEADING BACK TO MATT GIBB AT THE TUTUKAKA MARINA. MORENA MATT! MORNING. AI IS NEVER GOING TO GIVE YOU THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND SMELLS OF A BEAUTIFUL PLACE LIKE THIS. WERE COMING BACK TO YOU ONE LAST TIME FROM NORTHLAND AFTER THE BREAK. We got a new car you have to plug in. It goes for two wee stops. (DOG BARKS) One masterpiece. And four unlucky possums! Five! VOICEOVER: Fast charge on the road and pay like you're at home. With Genesis at charge net stations. THERE'S BEEN A NEARLY NEARLY 25% JUMP IN PEOPLE USING THEIR PHONES WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023 ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TO 1NEWS. THE FINE FOR DRIVERS ON THEIR CELLPHONES IS CURRENTLY $150, COMPARED TO AS MUCH AS $1000 IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THE PRIME MINISTER IS WARNING HIGHER FINES COULD BE ON THE CARDS IF IT WILL STOP PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW. THE SON OF A MAN WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER WAS DISTRACTED BY THEIR PHONE TOLD BREAKFAST HE'S IN FAVOUR OF A HIKE IN FINES. DON'T. IT SHOWS YOU THE CSS OF WHAT DRIVER DISTRACTION DOES. THERE ARE SO MANY ACCIDENTS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THAT THAT ARE HIDDEN, THAT ARE CAUSED BY DRIVER DISTRACTION. CHRISTOPHER LUXON SAYS THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE WILL LOOK INTO THIS IN DUE COURSE. THE LINK BETWEEN RAM RAIDS AND TOBACCO ISN'T CLEAR, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT CLAIMING FEWER OUTLETS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED CRIME. THE GOVERNMENT WILL REPEAL SMOKEFREE LEGISLATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE REDUCED TOBACCO RETAILERS FROM 6000 TO 600. BUT PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR JANET HOEK SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS GIVING UP WORLD LEADING SMOKEFREE LAWS, WITH NO DETAILS OF PLANS TO REDUCE TOBACCO USE. IT'S ABSOLUTELY APPALLING THAT NICOLA WILLIS SEEMS TO THINK THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SMOKING, TO GENERATE EXCISE TAX REVENUE THAT CAN FUND INCOME TAX REDUCTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO REPEAL THE LEGISLATION BY MARCH 8. DUNEDIN LANDLORDS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUNG RENTERS AS THEY RETURN TO CLASSES THIS WEEK. MOULDY, COLD, AND UNHEALTHY, RENTAL ACCOMODATION FOR OTAGO STUDENTS IS PROMPTING HEALTH CONCERNS. OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT KEEGAN WELLS IS PUSHING FOR MORE COMPLIANCE FROM LANDLORDS. STUDENTS ARE COMING IN FRESH THESE FLATS, THEY HAVE NEVER FLATTERED BEFORE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT IS NOT IN TERMS OF THE LANDLORD'S DUTIES. THE LANDLORDS KEEP THESE PROPERTIES APART, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX THEM FOR THE COST. KEEGAN WELLS SAYS POOR LIVING CONDITIONS ARE LEADING TO INCREASED FLUS, COLDS, AND WORSENED MENTAL HEATH AMONG STUDENTS. PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE HOPEFUL A CEASEFIRE DEAL CAN BE STRUCK, AMID RUMOURS THAT A PAUSE IN VIOLENCE IS ON THE WAY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN AREAS WITH LITTLE ACCESS TO AID, AND SEVERELY DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE. ISRAEL CONTINUES TO WORK ON ITS PLAN TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH, BUT SAYS THAT COULD BE DELAYED IF ANY CEASEFIRE DEAL IS AGREED. THERE HAVE BEEN FIERY CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTING FARMERS, RIGHT ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS. THESE ARE THE LATEST PROTESTS IN WHAT'S BEEN WEEKS OF ACTION BY FOOD PRODUCERS, WHO SAY NEW REGULATIONS ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVELIHOODS AT RISK. AND FARMERS IN SPAIN HAVE ALSO TAKEN MORE ACTION, BLOCKING THE CENTRE OF MADRID WITH TRACTORS. AMONG THE FARMERS' DEMANDS ` AN END TO FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WHICH THEY SAY ALLOWS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE TO UNDERCUT THEIR GOODS. NEW ZEALAND SIGNED A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE EU LAST YEAR. TO SPORT ` AND THE BLACKCAPS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT BASIN RESERVE FOR THE FIRST TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND HEAD INTO THE 2 MATCH SERIES AS UNDERDOGS, WITH AUSTRALIA THE CURRENT WORLD TEST CHAMPIONS. TICKETS FOR THE FIRST TEST WERE SNAPPED UP QUICKLY. YEAH, NO, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE MOVE TO FREE-TO-AIR HAS BEEN AWESOME FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY TO GET BEHIND THE GAME, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT, I GUESS, WHEN WE'RE AT AIRPORTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SHOWING UP AND SMILING AND SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH THE SUMMER HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NOTICE AS BLACKCAPS HOW COOL IT IS TO HAVE THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND BEHIND US. THE FIRST TEST GETS UNDERWAY ON THURSDAY, WITH FULL COVERAGE ON TVNZ+. AND FINALLY ` FROM OUR 'DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME' FILE, CROATIAN FREE DIVER VALENTINA CAFOLLA HAS SET AN ICE DIVING WORLD RECORD, SWIMMING 140m BELOW THE FROZEN SURFACE OF A LAKE IN THE ITALIAN ALPS. THE WATER TEMPERATURE WAS JUST THREE DEGREES, AND SHE DID THE DIVE WITH A SINGLE FIN AND NO OXYGEN, SLOWING HER HEART RATE TO JUST 50 BEATS A MINUTE. AND GET THIS ` THE RECORD SHE BROKE HAD ONLY BEEN SET 36 HOURS BEFORE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING - IT'S A CLOUDY DAY HERE, A FEW EARLY SHOWERS ABOUT. HIGH CLOUD STICKING AROUND FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 24 THE HIGH FOR KAITAIA. FURTHER SOUTH, RAIN THROUGH YOUR MORNING, HEAVY FOR SOME, CLEARING TO HIGH CLOUD FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST, SHOWERS HERE FOR MOST OF YOU WITH HIGH CLOUD TURNING TO SUNSHINE FOR DANNERVIRKE AND MASTERTON REACHING A HIGH OF 21 AND 25. OVER TO THE WEST, CLOUD WITH THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THAT CLOUD BREAKING UP FOR PARTS OF YOUR AFTERNOON. 22 THE HIGH FOR TAUMARUNUI. THE SUN HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH ISLAND. A BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE, WITH BLUE SKIES AND SOME HIGH CLOUD ABOUT. KAIKOURA, YOU'LL SEE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON, WITH A HIGH OF 21. HEADING SOUTH, LOW CLOUD BREAKING THIS MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. TIMARU, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 20 TODAY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH, IT'S A CLOUDY DAY DOWN HERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING THROUGH OUT YOUR DAY. WITH SUNSHINE IN THE MORNING FOR MILFORD SOUND, REACHING A HIGH OF 19. A KEY ROUTE INTO NORTHLAND, THE BRYNDERWYN HILLS, IS CURRENTLY GETTING A MUCH-NEEDED UPGRADE. DESPITE THIS, THE PICTURESQUE REGION IS STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS. SO WE SENT MATT GIBB ALONG THE EAST COAST TO TUTUKAKA TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET UP TO. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY NORTHLAND INC. WHERE YOU ENTER VINYL, WE ARE TOO YOUNG FOR THAT? I AM 42 YEARS OLD. I OWN MANY. THEY ARE ALL LATE 90S DRUM AND BASS RECORDS. YOU SHOULD HAVE STOPPED SAYING THAT EARLIER. YOU ASKED. SHALL I MOVE STRAIGHT ALONG, SHALL WE GET PAST THE DRUM AND BASS? I AM WITH AN AWESOME GUY, THIS IS NICK, THE OWNER OF SNAPPER ROCK RESTAURANT. HOW LONG HAS THIS RESTAURANT BEEN HERE? SINCE 1992. AND I TOOK OVER 2006. I'VE SPENT TIME HERE NOW, AND THIS TOWN HAS A VIBE, SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PLACE, THERE IS A COMMUNITY SPIRIT. IT DOES GRAB PEOPLE. THERE IS A SPECIAL CHARM. THE UPGRADES ARE HAPPENING IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO THAT WAY, YOU CAN GO EAST OR WEST, TAKE ON DIFFERENT SITES. WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS BE? WE TAKE MANGAWHAI. LOTS OF PLACES TO STOP, EAT, DRINK, LOOK. TRUE NORTHLAND STYLE, WE HAVE THESE COOL FOOD ITINERARIES. THEY ARE DESIGNED TO TAKE ON THE BEST OF THE LOCAL PRODUCE. BEST LOGO IN THE COUNTRY, ET CETERA. LAGER* YOU'VE MANAGED TO HIRE YOURSELF ONE OF THE BEST CHEFS. HE IS A TRUE GEM. HE LOVES THE FOOD AND THE PRODUCE. HE LOVES TO EMBRACE THE LOCAL GOODNESS. WHAT IF YOU WHIPPED UP HERE? WE HAVE WAGYU BEEF. IT'S A TAKE ON A COTTAGE PIE. THIS IS WHAT YOU WOULD CALL AN ELEVATED COTTAGE PIE. LET'S HAVE A GO. I WISH YOU COULD TASTE THAT. DEAN, YOU ARE A SUPERSTAR. EVERYONE SHOULD COME HERE TO TRY SOME OF HIS FOOD. I WANTED TO REDUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE LOCALS. LOOK AT EVERYONE HERE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. IAN WAS A FORMER BARRISTER WHO IS NOW DEDICATED HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO PICKING UP RUBBISH HERE. YES. EVERY DAY I WANT AROUND, AND PICK UP RUBBISH. THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF COFFEE HERE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO RECOMMEND THIS PLACE IS SOMEWHERE TO VISIT, RIGHT? WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE, IN ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WE GOT A PROPERTY. THAT ALWAYS HAS THAT VOCATIONAL HOLIDAY FEEL. EVEN NOW, I THINK, I AM ON THE ISLAND'S. THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO COME. THE UPGRADES ARE HAPPENING, BUT DON'T LET THAT PUT YOU OFF YOUR NORTHLAND ROAD TRIP. MATS, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK. THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A VIBE WITH MATT'S LOVE FOR DRUM AND BASS RECORDS. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOUR FIRST RECORD PURCHASE WAS> THESE WERE MINE. E WHAI AKE NEI, VINYL RECORDS ARE SO BACK IN FASHION. SO MUCH SO, THERE'S A WHOLE NEW TYPE TO BUY. FIND OUT MORE NEXT. REMEMBER VINYL RECORDS? FOR SOME OF US THEY'RE A PLEASANT MEMORY OF OUR YOUTH. FOR OTHERS, THEY'RE THE MAIN WAY TO PURCHASE PHYSICAL MUSIC, EVEN TODAY. WHILE STORIES OF THE VINYL REVIVAL HAVE BEEN POPPING UP FOR YEARS, IT WAS ONLY SIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE MANUFACTURING OF VINYL RECORDS RETURNED TO NEW ZEALAND, WITH THE OPENING OF HOLIDAY RECORDS. NOW THE COMPANY ARE ROLLING OUT A NEW PRODUCT FOR THE TIMES, BIOVINYL, AND THEY'RE TAKING ORDERS NOW. HOLIDAY RECORDS' JOEL WOODS JOINS US NOW. MORENA, JOEL! THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US MORNING. TELL US ABOUT THESE NEW RECORDS. WE'VE JUST LAUNCHED BIO VINYLS. UNLIKE YOUR TRADITIONAL PVC WHICH RELIES ON FOSSIL FUELS THIS BIO VINYL USES BIO RESINS MADE FROM RECYCLED COOKING OILS SO NO FOSSIL FUELS MEANS IT DROPS THE CARBON FOOTPRINT BY 92%. THIS MEANS WE ARE PRODUCING ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE VINYL RECORDS ON THE PLANET AT THE MOMENT. THAT'S THE MACHINE BEHIND YOU RIGHT? HOW MUCH INPUT DID YOU HAVE INTO THE MANUFACTURING OF IT? WE WERE APPROACHED BY ONE OF OUR MAIN PVC SUPPLIERS IN EUROPE TO DO SOME SAMPLING FOR THEM. THIS IS A BRAND-NEW TECHNOLOGY, TO SEE IF IT MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF SOUND AND DURABILITY. IT SOUNDS AMAZING, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY THE SAME AND IS JUST AS DURABLE. SO ARE PUSHING AHEAD WITH IT AND GETTING OUT TO NEW ZEALAND ASAP. DANIEL HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THESE NEW RECORDS. DID YOU SAY THEY SEEM A BIT HEAVIER? HERE AT HOLIDAY AND MOST PRESSING PLANTS THE STANDARD IS 140g. SO IT'S A BIT TACTILE, A BIT MORE DURABLE AND HEAVIER TO SOME. HOW MANY ENQUIRIES HAVE YOU HAD? WE'VE HAD LOTS OF ENQUIRIES. YOU'D BE STRUGGLING TO FIND AN ARTIST OR LABEL THAT IS NOT TRYING TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THEY HAVE WITH THEIR RELEASES. SO BIO VINYL ARE SHIFTING THE DIAL. WE HAVE HAD ENQUIRIES AROUND THE WORLD AND NEW ZEALAND. WE DO LOTS OF WORK WITH THE MAJOR LABELS SO HOPEFULLY THIS SHIFTS THE INDUSTRY. YOU HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE 2018. I'VE BROUGHT IN SOME OF MY STUFF, GOING BACK TO MADONNA, DIANA ROSS AND QUEEN. ARE PEOPLE STILL INTO VINYL? YES. SALES CONTINUE TO GROW. IT HAS BEEN GROWING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO. IT HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT THE DEMAND IS STILL THERE. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A MASSIVE BOOM OVER COVID WHERE DEMAND OUTSTRIPPED SUPPLY. MORE PRESSING PLANTS HAVE OPENED AND THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY IS EQUALISED BUT IT IS STILL DEFINITELY THE PHYSICAL FORMAT FOR MUSIC. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST IN THE WORLD WHICH DOES THIS. MY FIRST RECORD WAS THRILLER BY MICHAEL JACKSON AND BROTHER IN ARMS BY DIRE STRAITS. WE USE THE DANCE AT HOME BUT THE VIBRATIONS WOULD SEND THE NEEDLE ACROSS THE RECORD. MY BROTHER WOULD SHOUT STOP DANCING! UNFORTUNATELY DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES IS SCRATCHED. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE LAST THREE SONGS. LOVE VINYL. LOVE IT ME TO. E HAERE AKE NEI, THE RATA FESTIVAL IS ON IN THE HUTT THIS WEEKEND. FIND OUT WHAT'S IN TAITA COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY GARDEN, NEXT. THERE'S A NEW FESTIVAL ON AT LOWER HUTT'S TAITA COLLEGE THIS WEEKEND, WITH A DIFFERENCE. IT'S ORGANISED BY RANGATAHI AND ABOUT CELEBRATING THE ABUNDANCE OF LOCAL FOOD AS WELL AS THE CYCLE OF FOOD SYSTEMS THEY HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT. JOINING US FORM THE SCHOOL GARDEN IS RATA RANGATAHI CO-ORDINATOR, LANI, AND ONE OF THE RANGATAHI, NIRVANA. GOOD MORNING. I AM LOOKING AT THE GARDEN BEHIND YOU, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FESTIVAL HOSTED AT THE COLLEGE, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HANGI AND STALLS AND THERE WILL BE TOURS OF THE BUSH AND THE WETLAND. A MURAL PAINTING... BIG NAMES, BIG STARS, THE GARDEN IN THE BACKGROUND, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS HOLDING IN YOUR HANDS? IS IT FROM THE GARDEN? THESE ARE STEAK TOMATOES, ROMA TOMATOES AND SOME BEETS. AND VENISON IS ON THE MENU AS WELL? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE VENISON PATTIES, WILL BE HAVING VENISON PARTIES THAT WE MINCED AND COOKED OURSELVES. WE BUTCHERED AND MINCED IT/ WE TRIED ITS HEART AS WELL. WE ARE THINKING OF THE FOOD THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHY VENISON IS SUCH A GOOD CHOICE FOR US. IT'S A GOOD SOURCE BECAUSE IT IS A PEST AND THEY DESTROY THE NATIVE BUSH. WHEN THE SEEDLINGS SHOOTER AT THE GROUND, THEY MUNCH ALL THE LEAVES BACK AND IT KILLS THE PLANTS. SO HAVING PORK AND VENISON TACOS TO SAVE THE BUSH. THIS IS FANTASTIC. EVERYONE IN THE HUTT AND AROUND THE COUNTRY WILL BE WATCHING WHERE DO THEY COME? TO TAITA COLLEGE ON SUNDAY, 12 TILL FOUR. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE PEOPLE THAN WE'VE COOKED HANGI FOR. THERE WILL BE ICE CREAM, HONEY LOCAL ARTISTS SO COME AND ENJOY THE DAY WITH US. THANK YOU AND ALL THE BEST. VENISON TACOS. WE'VE GOT TO GO. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW.