WELCOME TO BREAKFAST. IT'S MONDAY THE 4th OF MARCH. CAPTURED ON CCTV FOOTAGE AND IT'S A FRIGHTENING WATCH. A BRAZEN MORNING ROBBERY IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS A GROUP OF NINE STORM A SERVICE STATION. INSIDE A LONE STAFF MEMBER ACTIVATES A FOG CANNON BEFORE HE'S THREATENED BY A HAMMER-WIELDING OFFENDER WHO FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE BACK ROOM WHERE HE HID. WE'LL HEAR FROM THE OWNER OF THE SERVICE STATION JUST AFTER 7. CRIKEY, THAT SOUNDS TERRIFYING. ALSO THIS MORNING ON THE SHOW ` COULD BLACKOUTS BE ON THE WAY THIS WINTER? WE HAVEN'T HAD TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN QUITE SOME TIME BUT THE GRID IS UNDER PRESSURE, AND SO TOO IS OUR NATIONAL POWER SUPPLIER. WHY A LONG, HOT SUMMER, ELECTRIC CARS AND A GRID IN NEED OF SOME UPGRADES COULD SEE YOUR HOT WATER CYLINDER TURNED OFF. THAT CONVERSATION COMING UP LATER THIS HOUR. ALSO COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM, MOBILE PHONE USE WHILST DRIVING A VEHICE IS A TOPIC YOU'RE HOT ON AFTER WE REVEALED A 25% UPTICK IN OFFENCES IN JUST ONE YEAR.WILL SHOULD WE FOLLOW AUSTRALITE, WHERE THEY USE SAFETY CAMERAS TO CATCH PEOPLE OUT? WELL, WE'VE ALREADY IT TRAILLED IT HERE, SO WHY AREN'T WE DOING IT NOW? WE ASK THAT VERY QUESTION TO WAKA KOTAHI IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. YOU ABSOLUTELY WENT OFF ABOUT THIS. CRAZY. THE DIFFERENT INCIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ON DIFFERENT ROADS, TRUCK DRIVERS IN PARTICULAR, BEING ABLE TO LOOK DOWN AND SEE PEOPLE ON THEIR PHONES. SITTING AT A SET OF LIGHTS ON YOUR PHONE IS ILLEGAL AS WELL. BUT IS THAT GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM? OR IS IT A 100 KM HIGHWAY? OR EVEN 150 KM WHILE YOU ARE BEING DISTRACTED. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THANKS, TEAM. THE OWNER OF AN AUCKLAND PETROL STATION ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BY EIGHT YOUTHS HAS LABELLED THE ATTACK 'UNPRECEDENTED'. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT A WORKER AT THE WESTERN SPRINGS CALTEX STATION ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM HAMMER-WIELDING ROBBERS YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE ARE NOW ON THE HUNT FOR THE YOUTHS INVOLVED. THE FRANCHISE OWNER SAYS THIS IS THE EIGHTH ROBBERY AT 11 OF HIS CALTEX STORES SO FAR THIS YEAR. HE'LL JOIN BREAKFAST JUST AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. HOPE IS FADING FOR A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH ISRAEL REPORTEDLY NOT SENDING A DELEGATION TO THE LATEST ROUND OF PEACE TALKS. THE BBC'S WYRE DAVIES IS IN JERUSALEM. YESTERDAY, THERE WERE REPORTS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE UNITED STATES, THAT THERE WAS AN IMMINENT AGREEMENT PERHAPS, BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL OVER A TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. BUT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT STUMBLING BLOCKS. ONE OF THOSE WAS THAT ISRAEL WAS DEMANDING A DETAILED LIST OF THE HOSTAGES WHO WERE TAKEN ON OCTOBER 7th, WHO WOULD BE RELEASED AS PART OF THIS DEAL IN EXCHANGE FOR PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN ISRAELI JAIL. BUT EVEN THOUGH THE HAMAS DELEGATION HAS ARRIVED IN CAIRO AND SAID IT WOULD LIKE A CEASEFIRE; IT CAN SEE AN AGREEMENT COMING; THE ISRAELI DELEGATION, BECAUSE IT HASN'T GOT THAT LIST, HAS REPORTEDLY, IN THE ISRAELI PRESS, DECIDED NOT TO GO. THAT HAS YET TO BE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. AND, OF COURSE, THE BACKDROP TO ALL OF THIS IS THE WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. THERE ARE TALKS OF FAMINE IN PARTS OF NORTHERN GAZA, EVEN CHILDREN DYING FROM MALNUTRITION. SO DESPITE THE HUGE AND GROWING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE FOR SOME AGREEMENT TO BE REACHED, THE SIGNIFICANT BLOCKS BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES FOR THE TIME BEING DO APPEAR TO HAVE SOMEWHAT SUPPRESSED THOSE CALLS FOR A CEASEFIRE. EASTERN UKRAINE HAS SUSTAINED HEAVY RUSSIAN FIRE OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. IN THE DONESTK REGION, A SCHOOL AND AN APARTMENT BLOCK WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A MISSILE STRIKE, WHICH LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED. IN ODESA, IN THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH, A MOTHER AND HER CHILD WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS THE ATTACKS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE MILITARY HAD ENOUGH WEAPONS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LAY FLOWERS ON THE GRAVE OF ALEXEI NAVALNY TWO DAYS AFTER HIS FUNERAL. MOURNERS HAVE LINED UP IN BITTER COLD IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL TO LAY FLOWERS AT HIS HEADSTONE, ALL UNDER THE WATCH OF A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. SOME CHANTED ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLOGANS, BUT NONE WERE ARRESTED. ELSEWHERE, MORE THAN A HUNDRED NAVALNY SUPPORTERS WERE ARRESTED AT OTHER MEMORIAL EVENTS. MEMORIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN HELD FOR THE PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT MH370, WHICH DISAPPEARED 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE MISSING GATHERED IN KUALA LUMPUR, CALLING FOR THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN THE SEARCH FOR THE PLANE. THE COUNTRY'S TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS SAID HE'S COMMITTED TO FINDING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF IN 2014 AND IS WIDELY THOUGHT TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SET HIMSELF UP AS A CONTENDER FOR GOLD AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS AFTER TAKING OUT THE HIGH JUMP AT THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GLASGOW. KERR CLEARED 2.36m IN THE FINAL ` THE BEST JUMP BY A MAN SO FAR IN 2024. LAST CHANCE TO FINISH WITH A TRUE FLOURISH. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE 27-YEAR-OLD BLOWN AWAY WITH THE RESULT. I'M JUST OVER THE MOON. LIKE, IT'S... YOU KNOW, WE'VE DREAMED ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, AND YOU KNOW, THE TEAM BELIEVED IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I THINK, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPEN, BUT I THINK, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENED, AND NOW IT JUST FEELS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO SPECIAL. THE JUMP ALSO BREAKING KERR'S OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD AND EQUALLING THE OCEANIA RECORD. THE HURRICANES HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD IN SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC, THOUGH THEY'VE NEEDED EXTRA TIME TO DO IT. CAM ROIGARD'S SECOND TRY LOCKED UP THE SCORES AT 33-33 WITH THE QUEENSLAND REDS, SENDING THE GAME TO GOLDEN POINT. PASILION TOSI WITH THE MATCH WINNER SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE EXTRA PERIOD. HERE IT IS! SURE FOR THE HURRICANES! THEY WIN IT IN GOLDEN POINTS. (WHISTLE TRILLS) PASILION TOSI IS THE HERO FOR THE 'CANES. THE WIN PUTS THE HURRICANES ALONGSIDE THE CHIEFS AND BLUES AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. MANCHESTER CITY ARE HOSTING CROSS TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER UNITED IN THE ENGLISH PREMIERE LEAGUE THIS MORNING. IT WAS MARCUS RASHFORD WHO STUNNED THE HOME CITY WITH THIS EARLY ROCKET. THE ARRIVAL OF RASHFORD. WOW! MARCUS RASHFORD... WHO LOVES TO SCORE IN A MANCHESTER DERBY. THAT IS HIS SIXTH AGAINST CITY. WHAT ABOUT THAT? ERLING HAALAND MISSED THIS SITTER BEFORE THE BREAK, BUT PHIL FODEN HAS JUST EQUALISED TO MAKE IT 1-1. AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE A LEAGUE, WITH A 3-2 WIN OVER ADELAIDE UNITED. BEN OLD SCORING TWICE, AND OSKAR VAN HATTUM NETTED HIS FIRST A LEAGUE GOAL. THE PHOENIX HOLD A THREE-POINT LEAD OVER THEIR NEAREST RIVALS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. A FAIR BIT OF RAIN ABOUT. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. 20 IN TAUPO. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. LOOK AT THAT. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 20 IN WELLINGTON. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU ` STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING, WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. A HIGH OF 26 IN KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. 18 IN ALEXANDRA. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. MILFORD SOUND, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WELL IS BACK THIS AFTERNOON. THANKS, CHRIS. BREAKFAST REVEALED A STAGGERING 25% SURGE OF MOBILE PHONES OFFENCES IN JUST ONE YEAR. WE LOOKED ACROSS THE DITCH TO QUEENSLAND, WHERE THEY'RE USING CAMERAS TO DETECT PHONE USE, SLAPPING OFFENDERS WITH A HEFTY $1000 FINE. WAKA KOTAHI TRIALLED THESE SAFETY CAMERAS IN 2022, NABBING A STAGGERING 200,000 OFFENDERS IN JUST SIX MONTHS. SO, SHOULD WE BRING THEM BACK TO CURB THE RISK? WAKA KOTAHI HEAD OF REGULATORY STRATEGIC PROGRAMMES, TARA MACMILLAN JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. A 25% JUMP ` SURELY WE SHOULD BE BRINGING THESE CAMERAS BACK. WHY AREN'T WE? MOBILE PHONE USE HAS BECOME SO ENTWINED WITH OUR LIVES, AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR PHONES AND RISKY SITUATIONS INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING. THAT INCREASE WILL BE PEOPLE CONTINUING TO USE THEIR PHONES AND ALSO WE ARE SEEING INCREASING NEW ZEALAND POLICE ENFORCEMENT. THAT WILL BE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND TO WHY WE HAVE HAD THAT INCREASE. WE UNDERTOOK THE TRIAL, AND IT WAS SIMPLY TO TEST THE AUTOMATED DETECTION CAMERA TECHNOLOGY NEW ZEALAND SOIL AND CONDITIONS. IT WORKED. YOU HAVE HEARD THE NUMBERS. IT ALSO GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER COLLECT DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THE RISK AND THE ISSUE THAT IS POSING AT THE MOMENT. IT STILL IS AN ISSUE, AND CURRENTLY WE ARE USING EDUCATION AND POLICE ENFORCEMENT TO DETER THIS UNSAFE BEHAVIOUR. THE QUESTION I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHY CAN WE NOT BRING THE CAMERAS BACK? IF THEY WERE THAT GOOD AT GETTING 200,000 DRIVERS, I THINK 12 MILLION VEHICLES, WHY NOT REINTRODUCE THEM TO BRING THESE FIGURES DOWN? WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE ABILITY TO USE THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS KIND OF FORSTMANN. THE TRIAL WAS THE ADJUSTER TO START THE TECHNOLOGY. IF THERE WAS OR IS APPETITE TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE, THAT WILL BE DEPENDENT ON DIRECTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT. YOU WILL BE LOOKING ACROSS THE DISTRICT QUEENSLAND AND THE HEFTY FINES. I WAS HAVING A LOOK AT THEIR FINES. YOU CAN GET A FINE WITH NOT JUST USING YOUR PHONE BUT ALSO JUST HAVING IT ON YOUR LAP. DO WE NEED TO INTRODUCE HEFTY FINES HERE DO YOU THINK IN ORDER TO DETER PEOPLE FROM DRIVING WITH THEIR PHONE? WHAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL FINES FOR INDIVIDUAL OFFENCES AND ISOLATION. IN THIS CASE, YES WE HAVE DIFFERENCES, AND BACK IN APRIL 2021, WE ACTUALLY INCREASE THE FINE FROM $80 UP TO $150, AND IT STILL ATTRACTS A 20 DEMERIT PENALTY AS WELL. WHAT IS IMPORTANT WITH ANY REVIEW OR COMPARISON OF PENALTIES IS THAT WE SET THEM AT A LEVEL THAT IS EFFECTIVE DETERRENT FOR THE JURISDICTION THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, AND THAT THEY ARE PROPORTIONATE TO OTHER PENALTIES IN RELATION TO THE LEVELS OF HARM AND THEY CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS. THE INCREASE DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY IMPACT. THE JUMPERS NEARLY 25% MORE. SURELY A BIGGER FINE COULD BE A SOLUTION. IT COULD BE, AND IT WILL BE UP TO THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER WHETHER THAT IS IN THE MIX ALONGSIDE OTHER PRIORITIES. THE REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. NO PHONE CALLS OR TEXT MESSAGES ARE WORTH YOUR LIFE OR THE LIFE OF SOMEONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS AN EASY FIX. WE NEED TO REMOVE TEMPTATION. PUT IT IN THE GLOVE BOX OR AND DO NOT DISTURB MODE. IF YOU DO NEED TO USE IT, FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER BEFORE YOU DO USE IT. THERE WILL BE MANY LIKE ME WHO WILL LISTEN TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND ROLL MY EYES. IT IS ALL TALK. WE WANT MORE ACTION. IF I WAS GIVEN A FINE OF $1000, THAT WOULD MAKE ME SECOND-GUESS RATHER THAN HELPING IN THE CURRENT THINKING I AM NOT GOING TO USE MY PHONE. THE PHONE WILL STILL MAKE A NOISE AND PEOPLE WILL PICK IT UP. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, JUST EDUCATING PEOPLE, SURELY. CURRENTLY, WE ARE SEEING NEW ZEALAND POLICE INCREASE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF DETERRENCE. WE ARE SEEING HIGH LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS GREAT, AND WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. WE ARE ASKING NEW ZEALANDERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF, AND WHEN YOU ARE DISTRACTED, IT SLOWS DOWN YOUR REACTION TIME AND PUT YOU IN DANGER OF NOT SEEING IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND YOU. DRIVING IS A VERY COMPLEX ACTIVITY. WHEN YOU GO TO USE THAT PHONE, YOUR REACTION TIME IS A 50% SLOWER, AND FOR THOSE THAT PLAY A SPORT, IMAGINE IF YOU ARE 50% SLOWER PLAYING THAT SPORT. IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A BIT OF A GAME CHANGER. THERE ARE REAL RISKS OUT THERE WITH RESPECT TO USING PHONES, AND WE ARE ASKING NEW ZEALANDERS TO RESIST THAT IMITATION. DO YOU THINK $150 IS A FAIR ENOUGH FINE FOR SOMEONE DRIVING AND USING THEIR PHONE? PERSONALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO TREAT THIS BEHAVIOUR. YES, THE FINE GO SOME WAY. THE DEMERIT GO SOME WAY ALONGSIDE THAT, BUT EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. EVERYONE HAS GOT A PART TO PLAY IN THIS, THAT IS TO RESIST THE ATTEMPT TEMPTATION OF USING THE PHONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. I HATE TO SUGGEST SHE MIGHT HAVE JUST IMPLIED THAT $150 IS ENOUGH. I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE DISAGREES. IF YOU HEARD THAT ANALOGY OF YOUR REACTION TIME AS 50% SLOWER, DOES THAT STOP YOU FROM PICKING UP YOUR PHONE IN THE MOMENT WHEN YOU HEAR A BUZZ? THE THING ABOUT THE EDUCATION MESSAGE, IF YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO IT, YOU WELL. YOU WILL LISTEN TO IT AND CHANGE YOUR MIND. SOME PEOPLE ONLY LEARN IT BY GETTING DEFINED. SOME PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING THAT YOUR PHONE SHOULD BE TAKEN STRAIGHT AWAY. IN QUEENSLAND, IT IS A $1200 FINE AND YOU GET TO MERIT POINTS AS WELL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT DOING IT AGAIN IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD, YOU GET ANOTHER $1200 FINE AND MORE DEMERIT POINTS. I WONDER IF IT IS THEN THAT YOU TAKE THE LICENSE OFFER PERSON. I KNOW IN AUSTRALIA, I REMEMBER DOING THIS, GOING BACK A FEW YEARS, AND I JUMPED ON MY PHONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FOR, BUT ALL I REMEMBER WAS THE REACTION I GOT FROM OTHER DRIVERS. PEOPLE WERE BEEPING ON THEIR HORNS, PULLING THE FINGERS AT ME AND TELLING ME TO GET OFF THE PHONE. THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ON BOARD THE EDUCATION MESSAGE. AT WHAT POINT DO WE TAKE ON SOME OF THAT AS WELL AS OTHER ROAD USERS? MANY OF US WILL SEE SOMEBODY DO IT AND GO, THAT PERSON IS ON THE PHONE, BUT WE DO NOT REACT TO IT. THE EDUCATION THING ` IF YOU PUT SOMEONE OVER AND SAID YOU WERE ON YOUR PHONE, AND YOU KNOW WHY THAT IS BAD? I WOULD SUGGEST THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHY IT IS BAD AND WHAT THE RESULT OF IT IS GOING TO BE. THEY WOULD SAY I AM NOT LOOKING AT THE ROAD. YOU KNOW ALL OF THAT. YOU ARE NOT SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT WE DO NOT KNOW THAT BEING ON OUR PHONES ARE BAD. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. YOU HAVE GOT TO GET THROUGH TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IGNORING THAT MESSAGE ON PURPOSE. THEY ARE DELIBERATELY CHOOSING TO GO AGAINST THE LAW. PUNISH THEM. THAT IS MY OPINION AS WELL. LIFT A 5 TO $1000 OR MORE TO PUNISH THEM AND BRING INTO MERIT POINTS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER NEED TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. I SUSPECT YOU WILL SEND IT ON THICK AND FAST. E WHAI AKE NEI ` WE ALL WANT TO HELP OUR OFFSPRING TO HAVE THE BEST, WHETHER IT'S BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME OR EVEN JUST A NEW PHONE. BUT SOMETIMES USING THE BANK OF MUM AND DAD CAN GO TERRIBLY WRONG. THAT IS NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. BUYING A HOME IS HARDER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, SO IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT PARENTS ARE OFFERING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO HELP THEIR OFFSPRING INTO THEIR FIRST HOMES. BUT ACCORDING TO A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, IT'S CAUSING MORE CASES OF ELDER ABUSE, AND HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, AGE CONCERN SAY IT'S NO BETTER. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR FROM AGE CONCERN'S ELDER ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION, HANNY NAUS JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN. MORENA, HANNY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. HOW MUCH OF AN ISSUE AS THIS AIR NEW ZEALAND WHEN IT COMES TO ELDER ABUSE AND FINANCES? ELDER ABUSE AIR NEW ZEALAND ALSO LIKE THE AUSTRALIAN STUDY HAS A HUGE ELEMENT OF FINANCIAL ABUSE AND AGED CONCERN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FINANCIAL ABUSE IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON FORM OF ALGORITHM USED THAT WE SEE, SO FOR US, WHAT HAPPENS WITH OLDER PEOPLE LOANING MONEY OR GIFTING MONEY OR GOING GUARANTOR FOR NEXT GENERATION IS TO BUY HOUSES, CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN, TO BUY HOUSES, AS PART OF THAT PICTURE OF WHAT IS FINANCIAL ABUSE AIR NEW ZEALAND. I KNOW THAT PART OF THE STUDY ` AND THIS WAS THE PART THAT WAS INTERESTING, AND I KNOW YOU DO NOT HAVE STATISTICS ON THIS, BUT YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH OUR ELDERLY, SO PART OF THE STUDY FOUND THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF DONORS, I.E. PARENTS, DO NOT SEEK FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE OR PUT FORMAL AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. DO YOU FIND THAT IS THE CASE WITH SOME THAT YOU WORK WITH OR HAVE DEALT WITH? YES, THAT IS DEFINITELY` OLDER PEOPLE ARE PART OF FAMILIES. OLDER PEOPLE, BY AND LARGE, WANT TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATIONS INTO HOMES, SO THERE IS A POSITIVE WESCHE TO GIVE WHAT THEY CAN. BUT OFTEN THAT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR OWN NEEDS, AND THEY GIVE SACRIFICIALLY AT A CHOICE LEVEL, BUT ALSO THERE IS THAT OTHER SIDE THAT WE SEE IN THE ELDER ABUSE WHETHER MANIPULATION BECOMES PRESSURE OR THE IDEA OF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO US WHEN YOU DIE ON THE ASSUMPTION OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS THAT THERE WILL BE MONEY LEFT, AND THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. BUT THE ASSUMPTION FROM YOUNGER GENERATIONS IS THAT EXPECTATION OF OLDER PEOPLE WILL GIVE MONEY TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS, AND SO GIVE IT NOW, BECAUSE NOW AS WHEN THEY NEED IT, AND THERE IS ALSO THAT SOCIETAL VIEW THAT OLDER PEOPLE HAVE GOT AN ASSET, THEY GOT A HOUSE, AND IT IS PAID OFF, AND THAT IS THE WAY THE SUPERANNUATION SYSTEM IS SET UP IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE FREE HOME, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPENSES THAT YOU NEED, BOTH FOR YOURSELF IN TERMS OF YOUR HEALTH, IN TERMS OF HEARING AIDS, GLASSES, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT OLDER PEOPLE DO IN OUR SOCIETY IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE THEY ARE THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF VOLUNTEER WORK. THEY DO THE MEALS ON WHEELS IN THEIR CAR, THEY DO THE DRIVING THE PEOPLE TO THEIR CANCER APPOINTMENTS. IT IS NOT THAT OLDER PEOPLE DO NOT NEED ANYTHING ANYMORE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOT A HOUSE THAT IS MORTGAGE FREE. I AM JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT` I AM JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE A AIR NEW ZEALAND FOR OUR ELDERLY WHEN IT COMES TO BORROWING OR ALLOWING OTHERS TO BORROW FROM THEM, AND THERE IS NOT MUCH. I WONDER ABOUT THE MESS THAT IS LEFT BEHIND FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS FOR THEIR FAMILY. OFTEN THAT IS THE THING. IT IS DONE AND GOODWILL, AND ALSO IN GOOD FAITH, SO THEY DO NOT GOING GET SEPARATE LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING ADVICE. MAYBE IT IS ALL VERBAL. IT IS BETWEEN FAMILY, SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THEY FEEL THEY CAN OR THEY NEED TO. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE STRONGLY ADVISE, AND WE ALWAYS ADVISE TO SEEK INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUDY SHOWS IS THAT THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE MADE ARE MADE BETWEEN THE OLDER PEOPLE AND THE BANK OF THE NEXT GENERATION. IT IS NOT MADE WITH THE OLDER PEOPLE'S OWN FINANCIAL BANK. THERE IS ALWAYS THAT IDEA FROM THE BANKS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF THEY ARE GETTING A YOUNGER PERSON OR COUPLE WHO ARE WANTING TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THEIR MORTGAGE THAT THE OLDER PERSON IS GIVING MONEY FOR THE BANK'S POINT OF VIEW, THEY CAN GIVE MORE IF THE OLDER PERSON GIFTS AT RATHER THAN HAZARD AS ALONE. THERE IS THAT SUBTLE PRESSURE FROM THE BANK AS WELL AS FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT THAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THEM, BUT THAT IS OFTEN AT THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE OLDER PERSON, THEM BEING EVEN LESS ABLE TO GET THAT MONEY BACK IF THEY NEED IT FOR THEMSELVES, AND ALSO THAT IDEA THAT IF YOU HAVE GIFTED IT, THEN IT IS NO LONGER YOURS. IT DOES NOT APPLY WHEN YOU ARE NEEDING TO BE IN RESIDENTIAL CARE AND A REST HOME, ALL OF THAT MONEY THAT YOU HAVE, EVEN YOU HAVE GIFTED IT ALL LOANED IT, IT IS STILL PART OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY YOURS, AND THAT IS NOT UNDERSTOOD WHEN THE TIME IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR A MORTGAGE. THEY JUST ASSUME THAT THE OLDER PERSON HAS GOT THIS MONEY OR THEY HAVE USED THE SUPERANNUATION, AND THAT IS WHAT IS OFTEN HAPPENING ` PEOPLE USE THE LUMP SUM OF THEIR SUPERANNUATION BECAUSE YOUNGER GENERATIONS SEE THAT AS, GOSH, YOU HAVE A LOT OF MONEY SITTING IN TERM DEPOSITS. YES, IT IS DISPOSABLE, AND WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT THAT AN OLDER PERSON MAY NEED IT. THAT IS PART OF A WIDER SOCIETY VIEW OF AN AGEIST ATTITUDE THAT OLDER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEIR DAY, THEY HAVE EARNED THEIR MONEY, AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR US YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD HOUSES. TIME TO GIVE BACK. HOUSES HAVE BECOME LESS AFFORDABLE, AND SO IT IS YOUR DUTY. AND THE PRESSURE THAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS ALSO INTERFAMILY. IT STARTS OFF AS SUBTLE, BUT IT ALSO CAN BECOME VERY COERCIVE AND MANIPULATIVE AND LEAVE OLDER PEOPLE IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AS YOU SAY, THAT COMMUNICATION, SUBTLE PRESSURE, I SHOULD SAY, BUT THAT BUILDS UP OVER TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MANY OF OUR ELDERLY WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS POSITION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. CAN I JUST SAY THAT WE ARE REALLY OPEN TO PEOPLE RINGING AND TALKING TO US OR TALKING TO ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF THEIR FAMILY, BECAUSE THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE ABLE TO NOT JUST TAKE A DECISION BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT YOUR FAMILY WANT; TO TALK TO PEOPLE INDEPENDENTLY, AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO PEOPLE. A PERFECT WAY TO END THIS INTERVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, IF YOU'RE MISHEARING CONVERSATIONS OR YOU'RE HAVING TO TURN UP THE VOLUME ON YOUR TV, MATT GIBB MAY HAVE FOUND THE TEAM OF KIWIS WHO CAN HELP. MORENA, MATT. MORENA. MUCH AS NEW ZEALAND HEARING AWARENESS MONTH, AND THE GREAT TEAM HERE WANT TO GIVE EVERY KIWI A FREE HEARING CHECK. IT IS THE GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK. I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT RIGHT AFTER THE NEWS. STRICTER ENFORCEMENT FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE CAUGHT USING THEIR PHONE COULD REMOVE THE RISK. THIS COMES AFTER A 25% SURGE OF OFFENCES IN JUST ONE YEAR. THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF QUEENSLAND USE CAMERAS TO DETECT PHONE USE, SOMETHING WAKA KOTAHI TRIALLED IN 2022, SNAPPING 200,000 OFFENDERS IN JUST SIX MONTHS. WAKA KOTAHI'S HEAD OF REGULATORY STRATEGIC PROGRAMMES TARA MACMILLAN SAYS EDUCATION HAS A BIG ROLE TO PLAY. WE'RE SEEING NEW ZEALAND POLICE INCREASE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF DETERRENCE, SO WE'RE SEEING HIGHER LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS GREAT. WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. WE'RE ASKING NEW ZEALANDERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS. WHEN YOU'RE DISTRACTED, IT SLOWS DOWN YOUR REACTION TIMES. IT PUTS YOU IN DANGER OF NOT SEEING IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND AROUND YOU. DRIVING IS A VERY COMPLEX ACTIVITY. TARS SAYS DRIVER REACTION TIME SLOWS BY 50% WHEN USING YOUR PHONE. HOPES OF A CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE HIT A STUMBLING BLOCK AMID REPORTS ISRAEL HAS NOT SENT A DELEGATION TO THE LATEST ROUND OF TALKS. ISRAEL HAD DEMANDED A LIST OF HOSTAGES WHICH WOULD BE FREED UNDER ANY DEAL, BUT REPORTEDLY HAD NOT RECEIVED ONE. THE HAMAS DELEGATION IS IN CAIRO FOR THE TALKS. INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE IS MOUNTING FOR A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE, WITH THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA CONTINUING TO DETERIORATE. WILDLY DIFFERENT SEVERE WEATHER ISSUES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WILDFIRES CAUSING MAJOR PROBLEMS. HERE'S ABC'S CHUCK SIVERTSEN. (WIND BLOWING) THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS HIT HARD BY A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND A HIGH RISK FOR AVALANCHES. IT WAS SO WINDY. WE SEE BIG STORMS LIKE THIS, BUT WHEN THEY SAY BLIZZARD, THEY MEAN WIND. FORECASTERS SAY SOME AREAS COULD SEE SEVERAL FEET OF SNOW BY THE TIME IT'S OVER, TRUCKING SOME PEOPLE OVERWHELMED. I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I'M OVER IT. 200-300 VEHICLES STUCK IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80, WHICH WAS SHUT DOWN FRIDAY NIGHT FOR MORE THAN 70 MILES. THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS NOBODY WAS INJURED, AND EVENTUALLY, EVERYONE GOT OUT. FURTHER EAST IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLES, STRONG WINDS FUELLING THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. MORE THAN A MILLION ACRES DESTROYED BY THE SMOKEHOUSE CREEK FIRE, AS MANY AS 500 STRUCTURES DESTROYED. AN AUSTRALIAN STUDY HAS FOUND THE SO-CALLED 'BANK OF MUM AND DAD' CAUSED MORE CASES OF ELDERLY ABUSE. THE STUDY FOUND ELDERLY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE PRESSURED INTO GIVING MONEY WITHOUT REALISING IF IT WAS A GIFT OR A LOAN. OLDER PEOPLE ARE PART OF FAMILIES. OLDER PEOPLE, BY AND LARGE, WANT TO HELP THE NEXT GENERATIONS INTO HOMES, SO THERE'S A POSITIVE WISH TO GIVE WHAT THEY CAN, BUT OFTEN THAT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR OWN NEEDS, AND THEY GIVE SACRIFICIALLY. NOUS SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEEK INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE LENDING MONEY. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SMASHED HIS OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD ON HIS WAY TO GOLD AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SCOTLAND. KERR CLEARED 2.36m TO WIN GOLD IN THE FINAL ` THE HIGHEST JUMP BY ANY MAN THIS YEAR. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE GOLD WAS GUARANTEED. HE DID NEED ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS. THE WIN TAKING NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL TALLY AT THE WORLD INDOORS TO THREE, MATCHING THE TEAMS BEST-EVER HAUL. THE HURRICANES HAVE CLOSED OUT THE SECOND WEEK OF SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC WITH A THRILLER AGAINST THE QUEENSLAND REDS. THE SIDES WENT TRY FOR TRY, LOCKED UP AT 33-33 AFTER 80 MINUTES. PASILION TOSI POWERING OVER FOR THE MATCH WINNER SEVEN MINUTES INTO GOLDEN POINT EXTRA TIME. HERE IT IS. TRY FOR HURRICANES! THE WIN IT IN GOLDEN POINTS. THE WIN KEEPS THE HURRICANES UNBEATEN, ALONGSIDE THE CHIEFS AND BLUES. THE NRL'S FIRST FORAY INTO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN MARRED BY AN ACCUSATION OF RACIAL ABUSE. BRONCOS FIVE-EIGHTH EZRA MAM CLAIMS ROOSTERS PROP SPENCER LENIU DIRECTED A RACIAL SLUR AT HIM LATE IN THE ROOSTERS' 20-10 WIN OVER BRISBANE. THE REFEREE TOLD PLAYERS HE DID NOT HEAR THE ALLEGED ABUSE BUT PLACED THE MATTER ON REPORT. A SPECTATOR ALSO REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A SCUFFLE IN THE STANDS. MANCHESTER CITY HAVE CLOSED THE GAP AT THE TOP OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE AFTER COMPLETING A SECOND-HALF COMEBACK AGAINST CROSS-TOWN RIVALS MANCHESTER UNITED. MARCUS RASHFORD STUNNED THE HOME SIDE WITH THIS THUNDERBOLT EARLY ON. THE ARRIVAL OF RASHFORD. WOW! MARCUS RASHFORD... WHO LOVES TO SCORE IN A MANCHESTER DERBY. THAT IS HIS SIXTH AGAINST CITY. WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT PHIL FODEN SCORED TWO SECOND HALF GOALS, WITH ERLING HAALAND MAKING IT 3-1. CITY ARE NOW JUST A POINT BEHIND LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL. AND FINALLY, HUNDREDS OF PANDA FANS HAVE FLOCKED TO A SOUTH KOREAN ZOO TO FAREWELL ONE OF ITS RESIDENT PANDAS. FU BAO WAS BORN IN SEOUL, BUT UNDER THE PANDA LEASE AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, ALL CUBS BORN ABROAD MUST RETURN TO CHINA TO TAKE PART IN A BREEDING PROGRAM. FU BAO'S PARENTS WILL REMAIN IN SEOUL FOR THE REST OF THEIR 15-YEAR LEASE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 20 DEGREES IS THE HIGH FOR WELLINGTON. THIS IS A PRETTY RAPID DANCE TRACK. RAMPING IT UP. STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. A HIGH OF 26 IN KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` JUST BOPPING AWAY HERE. NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. PRETTY WINDY, THOUGH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. IT'S LIKE YOU NEED TO GLOW STICKS. THE SOUND OF THE RAIN GOING PITTER PATTER. IT IS ONLY 630, WE COULD BE. MORNING, EVERYONE. IF THERE IS A GENERATION THAT DOES NOT KNOW DRUM AND BASS, IT IS ME. LET'S MOVE ON, FOLKS. THIS SEGMENT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU. THIS IS RIGHT UP MY ALLEY. MARCH MARKS NEW ZEALAND HEARING AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME TO RECOGNISE THE NEW ZEALANDERS IMPACTED BY HEARING LOSS, BUT ALSO A CHANCE TO KNOW YOUR OWN EARS. THE ANNUAL GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK IS OFFERING YOU A CONVENIENT, COMPLIMENTARY FOUR-MINUTE HEARING TEST. WE'VE SENT MATT GIBB ALONG TO ONE OF THE TRITON HEARINGS BRANCHES TO TALK TO THE EXPERTS AND GET CHECKED HIMSELF. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TRITON HEARING. CAN YOU HEAR ME, MATT? LUCKILY, I CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, BUT WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT DRUM AND BASS WHEN WE ARE ON THE SHOW TOGETHER? IT IS QUITE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THIS MEANT MANY YEARS LISTENING TO IT, AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE HOW I'M GOING TO GO THIS MORNING. I WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO THE HEAD OF AUDIOLOGY BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK. THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. TELL ME WHAT IT IS. I AM DELIGHTED TO TELL YOU MORE. IT IS HEARING AWARENESS MONTH. WE ARE RAISING AWARENESS. WE WANT TO TEST 10,000 KIWIS THIS YEAR AND TEST THEIR HEARING, AND RAISE GENERAL AWARENESS AND GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THE HEARING. IT IS A FREE HEARING CHECK. IT IS A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE. NOT ONLY IS IT FREE FOR YOU, BUT IN RETURN, TRITON HEARING ARE DONATING A DOLLAR TO AN INCREDIBLE CAUSE. WITH DONATING A DOLLAR TO THE ASSOCIATION OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING. ONE OF THEIR MAIN INITIATIVES IS TO GO TO SCHOOLS AND TEST HEARING IN SCHOOLS. THEY WANT TO TEST 60 MORE SCHOOLS THAN LAST YEAR. I HOPE THEY SUCCEED IN THAT. EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT GOES ONLINE AND IS A FREE FOUR MINUTE TEST TO CHECK YOUR HEARING, ONE DOLLAR FOR EVERY PERSON IS A DONATION. THAT IS FANTASTIC. THAT IS WHY YOU GETTING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS MP WANTED TO GET THE HEARING CHECKED EARLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO CATCH IT EARLY. WE ALL KNOW THAT KIDS LOVE THE HEADPHONES, SO THIS IS TIMELY. IF WE CAN CATCH PEOPLE EARLY AND GET THEM WITH GOOD HABITS AND LOOKING AFTER THEIR LOVED ONES, THEN IT COULD NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE DOING. IN STORES, PLACES LIKE UNICHEM, LIFE PHARMACY, AND TRITON HEARING, YOU CAN DO ONE OF THESE. EXACTLY. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MINUTES TO DO, SAME AS THE ONLINE TEST. ANYBODY WHO DOES EITHER THE WEB TEST OR THE KIOSK TEST GOES ON TO WIN A PRIZE. FANTASTIC, EVERYONE GET SOMETHING OUT OF IT. YOU GET YOUR HEARING CHECKED AND IT'S A CHARITABLE CAUSE. I WILL BE GOING INTO A DIAGNOSTIC SESSION TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY WITH ME. SIMPLE PROCESS? YES. PEOPLE KNOW EVERYTHING TO DO WITH EYE TESTS, BUT HEARING, NOT SO MUCH. WE WILL GO INTO A SOUNDPROOFED ROOM AND CHECK HOW SOFTLY YOU HEAR AND HOW CLEARLY, WHICH IS MORE NUANCED THAN HEARING TEST. I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW I GO. SEE YOU SOON. ME U TONU MAI ` HOPE OF A SIX-WEEK CEASEFIRE COULD BE OVER BEFORE IT STARTED, SO WHAT'S THE STICKING POINT? FIND OUT NEXT. # I KEEP DANCING ON MY OWN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. MORE THAN 30,000 ARE DEAD, AND A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION IS ON THE BRINK OF MASS STARVATION, BUT SIGNS OF A CEASEFIRE ON THE GAZA STRIP SEEM FAR, FAR AWAY AFTER ISRAEL'S DELEGATION REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO ATTEND PEACE TALKS. THE UNITED STATES HAD SAID ISRAEL 'MORE OR LESS' ACCEPTED A DEAL FOR A SIX-WEEK TRUCE, BUT WHILE HAMAS HAS ARRIVED IN EGYPT TO THRASH OUT THE DETAILS, ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVES HAVE NOT. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS FACING IMMINENT DEATH AND FAMINE? FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO KURT VOLKER JOINS ME THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING. ISRAEL HAS NOT TURNED UP TO THOSE TALKS. DO YOU SEE ANY SIGNS OF PROVIDING PEACE TALKS? I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP TRYING. I THINK THAT THERE ARE GOT TO BE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET FOOD, WATER AND PROTECTION. THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT HAMAS HAS STILL REFUSED TO GIVE UP WEAPONS AND HAVE MAINTAINED ALL THESE HOSTAGES STILL, SO IT IS STILL VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE CONFLICT WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING TO THE ISRAELIS. WE ARE HOPING TO GET TALKS TO GET MORE RELIEF TO THE POPULATION. WE TALK ABOUT THE DEAL THAT IS ON THE TABLE. WHAT IS THE HOPE THAT WE WILL GET A LONG-TERM OR PERMANENT SOLUTION? THE ONLY HOPE AND THAT ... I SEE NO PROSPECTS THAT HAMAS WILL DO THAT. I THINK WE ARE A LONG WAY AWAY. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT EVEN AT THE HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED THAT ISRAEL WOULD STOP ITS ASSAULT. THE TARGET HERE IS HAMAS. HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD BY THEM POSSIBLY TO TRY AND IT'S HER MORE AGGRESSIVE ISRAELI ACTION. IF YOUR STRATEGY RELIES ON KILLING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, IS IN YOUR STRATEGY AND GETTING RID OF HAMAS NOT WORKING? I AGREE WITH THAT COMPLETELY. IT IS TOO HIGH EVER COST, TO MANY CIVILIAN LIVES IN ISRAEL IS A THINK HARD ABOUT HOW THEY ARE CONDUCTING THIS, AND I THINK THAT HAMAS ALSO NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CONDUCTING IT. EVERYONE IS BEING PUT A GREATER RISK. WHEN WE LOOK AT INCIDENTS LIKE THE FLOWER MASSACRE AND WE SEE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED STATES SAYING THAT THEY HAVE ASKED ISRAEL TO LOOK INTO IT, WHAT EXPECTATIONS SHOULD THERE BE FOR THE UNITED STATES OFFICIALS OR EVEN THE REST OF THE WORLD WATCHING THIS UNFOLD THAT ISRAEL DOES COME BACK WITH A RESPONSE ON WHAT HAPPENED, THEY ARE INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE SAY WAR CRIMES MAY BE COMMITTED? I THINK THERE SHOULD BE EVERY EXPECTATION THAT ISRAEL DOES THAT, I THINK ISRAELIS THEMSELVES EXPECT THAT. THEY SEE THEMSELVES ACTING UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, SO WHEN THEY'RE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS IT IS IN THEIR OWN INTEREST TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND EXPOSE THE FACTS. CAN I ASK? THERE ARE REPORTS THAT AT LEAST 10 CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF STARVATION. CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THE US PERSPECTIVE HERE. HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THE FACT THAT US IS SUPPLYING WEAPONS THAT ARE KILLING THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN, THAT ARE RUINING THE SPACES WHERE THEY COULD GROW CROPS AND HABIT THE SAME TIME YOU DROPPED FOOD PARCELS TO THAT SAME STARTING DYING POPULATION? I DON'T THINK IT IS THAT HARD TO RECONCILE. YOU HAVE ON ONE INSTANCE ISRAEL WHICH WAS ATTACKED, AND HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO ATTACK THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY. ALMOST EVERY WEEK, SOME ATTACKERS LED. OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL FELT THEY HAD TO DO MORE TO PROTECT ITSELF, IN DOING THAT, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE OPERATIONS RESULTING IN GREAT MANTIRI AND SUFFERING AND STARVATION AS YOU POINTED OUT, AS WELL AS KILLING INNOCENT CIVILIANS. WERE TRYING GET AS MUCH FOOD AND RELIEF TO THE INNOCENT CIVILIANS POPULATION IN GAZA. MANY PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS IS A CONTRADICTION THAT IT IS THE UNITED STATES SUPPLYING WEAPONS THAT ARE DOING SO MUCH DAMAGE AND DROPPING FOOD WITHOUT POPULATION IS STAFFED. I THINK THE ISSUE IS HAMAS TAKING ARM AGAINST ISRAEL, AND EVEN NOW CALLING THAT THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO EXIST. EMBEDDING THEMSELVES PUTS EVERYONE OF RISK. THE COST OF THIS ARE EXTRAORDINARY HIGH AND WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. E HAERE AKE NEI ` FORCED POWER OUTAGES ` THEY'RE A WORST-CASE SCENARIO THIS WINTER. NEXT, WE FIND OUT HOW OUR ELECTRICITY GRID WILL COPE IN THE COOLER MONTHS. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NEW ZEALAND'S POWER NETWORK IS UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE, WITH MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN USE AND COMPANIES DITCHING FOSSIL FUELS. DEMAND IS HIGHEST DURING THE COMING COLDER MONTHS, AND TRANSPOWER SAYS POWER OUTAGES ARE A WORST-CASE SCENARIO THAT COULD LOOK LIKE ROLLING POWER CUTS OR SHORT, SHARP SHUTDOWNS. THE RISKS ARE LOW HOWEVER, WITH THIS HAPPENING JUST ONCE SINCE THE 1990s. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY TRANSPOWER CHIEF EXECUTIVE ALISON ANDREW. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. ROLLING OUT THE SHORT, SHARP OUTAGES ` WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES COULD THAT HAPPEN? THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF POWER RISKS WE FACE IN GENERAL TERMS. ONE IS A DRY WINTER WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH WATER IN THE HYDRO LAKES, AND THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD MOVE TO ROLLING OUTAGES AS A LAST STOP. FIRST OF ALL, GENERATORS WILL BE SWITCHING ON ALL OTHER FORMS OF GENERATION THAT THEY COULD. THEY WILL BE ASKING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE. WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE INSTANCE OF ROLLING CUTS IN 1992. THE OTHER ISSUE IS A CAPACITY ISSUE AND WINTER. IT PEAKS. THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT WE ARE MOST FOCUSED ON AS AN INDUSTRY, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE WHEN PEOPLE SWITCH ON THEIR LIGHTS, HEATERS ON THE COLD MORNINGS AND COLD EVENINGS. YOU TALKED BRIEFLY JUST BEFORE THEN AROUND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THESE KINDS OF OUTAGES, AND I KNOW THAT IS A SCARY THOUGHT FOR MANY PEOPLE, WHETHER THAT IS A SHORT, SHARP OUTAGE OR THE ROLLING ONES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT. IN TERMS OF THAT, HOW LIKELY IS IT ` AND I KNOW WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS ONCE BEFORE ` BUT COMING UP THIS YEAR, HOW LIKELY IS IT? WE THINK IT THE STAGE, IT IS QUITE UNLIKELY FOR THE DRY WINTER. THE LAKES ARE QUITE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. ALL OF THE WATER PATTERNS ARE SUGGESTING WE WILL GET SUFFICIENT RAINS IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WITH THE LAKES ARE. WE WILL ALWAYS MONITOR THOSE LAKES VERY CAREFULLY, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING A HEIGHTENED RISK AT THE MOMENT. THE RISK OF BEING ABLE TO MATCH THE PEAK ON THE COLDEST NIGHTS DOES DEPEND ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE POWER SYSTEM. WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER IN THE LAKES AND IT IS BEING MOVED NORTH, AND THE LINK BETWEEN THE ISLANDS IS FULLY LOADED, AND WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF WIND ON THE SYSTEM, IT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING COMING UP TO MANAGE THAT EVENING PEAK IF THE WIND DROPS AWAY OR IF WE GET A SUDDEN CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH BACKUP THERMAL CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN TIME, BECAUSE THE THERMAL IS OFTEN A SLOW START AND MAY NEED 12 HOURS TO WARM UP. AS WE GO INTO THIS TRANSITION, WE HAVE ABOUT 25% OF THE NORTH ISLANDS ARE LITERALLY BEING PROVIDED BY WIND AT SOME STAGES. BUT IT CAN BE VERY INTERMITTENT. WE NEED MORE FLEXIBLE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND WHEN THAT WIND DROPS. WE ARE HOPEFULLY GETTING A LOT MORE GOOD SCALE BATTERIES. WE WOULD LIKE MORE FAST START PEAKING PLANTS THAT CAN RESPOND TO THAT AS WE MANAGE THIS TRANSITION. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BATTERIES, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? BATTERIES AT 200 MW THAT A LINK INTO THE GRID SCALE AS OPPOSED TO THE SMALLER BATTERIES WE HAVE ON OUR HOMES OR IN OUR CARS. THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TO THIS AND GOING, OKAY, IF I RELY ON POWER FOR MY HEALTH ET CETERA, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE HOOKED UP TO VENTILATORS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? THE INDUSTRY WORKS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THE RETAILERS UNDERSTAND MEDICALLY DEPENDENT PEOPLE, AND THEY HAVE THE CONTACT DETAILS AND WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF WHERE THEY ARE. WE WILL BE RESTORING POWER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, AND AVOIDING IN ALL INSTANCES WHERE WE CAN ANY POWER OUTAGES. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF LEARNING OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THESE MEDICALLY DEPENDENT PEOPLE. TIME HAS GONE VERY QUICKLY, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER 7 O'CLOCK. THE POLICE HUNT CONTINUES FOR A GROUP WHO ROBBED A SERVICE STATION IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN CENTRAL AUCKLAND. THE OWNER SAYS IT'S THE EIGHT TIME HIS STATIONS HAVE BEEN TARGETED SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR. HE JOINS US JUST AFTER YOUR NEWS. DESPITE SWEEPING CHANGES TO STOP UNDERAGE KIDS BUYING VAPES, THEY'RE STILL GETTING THEIR HANDS ON THEM THANKS TO ONLINE SHOPPING. NOW FAIR GO IS ON THE CASE. WE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST WHO IS BREAKING THE LAW JUST AFTER 8 O'CLOCK. NOT AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? GREAT. THIS MIGHT BE THE JOB FOR YOU. BALLOONS OVER WAIKATO NEED A NEW STAR TO RUN THE SHOW. WE'LL FIND OUT HOW YOU COULD HELP KEEP THE SHOW AFLOAT A LITTLE LATER. BUT FIRST, IT'S 7 O'CLOCK. HERE'S CHRIS WITH THE NEWS. THE OWNER OF SEVERAL PETROL STATIONS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND SAYS HE'S CONCERNED WITH WORSENING TRENDS IN CRIME FOLLOWING A DAYLIGHT ROBBERY. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT A WORKER AT THE WESTERN SPRINGS CALTEX STATION ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM HAMMER-WIELDING ROBBERS YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE ARE NOW ON THE HUNT FOR THE YOUTHS INVOLVED. THE FRANCHISE OWNER IS LABELLING THE ATTACK AS 'UNPRECEDENTED'. IT'S THE EIGHTH ROBBERY AT 11 OF HIS CALTEX STORES SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY BELIEVES MORE EDUCATION RATHER THAN HEFTIER FINES WILL HELP DETER MOTORISTS FROM USING THEIR PHONES WHILE DRIVING. THIS COMES AFTER THERE WAS A 25% SURGE OF MOBILE PHONES OFFENCES IN JUST ONE YEAR. MORE THAN 40,000 DRIVERS WERE CAUGHT IN JUST NINE MONTHS IN 2023. NZTA WAKA KOTAHI HOPES TO LOWER THE NUMBER BY BETTER INFORMING MOTORISTS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO TREAT THIS BEHAVIOUR. SO, YES, THE FINE GOES SOME WAY; THE DEMERITS GO SOME WAY ALONGSIDE THAT, BUT EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. EVERYONE'S GOT A PART TO PLAY IN THIS, AND THAT'S TO REDUCE THE TEMPTATION OF USING THAT PHONE AND THAT'S TO REDUCE THE TEMPTATION OF USING THAT PHONE. NZTA TRIALLED A CAMERA TO DETECT MOBILE PHONE USE, WHICH MACMILLAN SAYS 'WORKED WELL'. EASTERN UKRAINE HAS SUSTAINED HEAVY RUSSIAN FIRE OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. IN THE DONESTK REGION, A SCHOOL AND AN APARTMENT BLOCK WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A MISSILE STRIKE WHICH LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED. IN ODESA, IN THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH, A MOTHER AND HER CHILD WERE AMONG THOSE KILLED IN AN AIRSTRIKE. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS THE ATTACKS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF THE MILITARY HAD ENOUGH WEAPONS. MEMORIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN HELD FOR THE PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT MH370, WHICH DISAPPEARED 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE MISSING GATHERED IN KUALA LUMPUR, CALLING FOR THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN THE SEARCH FOR THE PLANE. THE COUNTRY'S TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS SAID HE'S COMMITTED TO FINDING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF IN 2014, AND IS WIDELY THOUGHT TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING ON NEW ZEALAND'S POWER NETWORK, WITH MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND WINTER JUST AROUND THE CORNER. DESPITE LAKES BEING AT AVERAGE LEVELS, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH POWER GENERATED ON THE COLDEST DAYS, SHORT, SHARP SHUTDOWNS ARE NEEDED, WHICH COULD SEE 1% OF HOUSEHOLDS LOSE POWER. FOR THE DRY YEAR, WE THINK AT THIS STAGE, WHERE WE ARE, IT'S QUITE UNLIKELY, VERY LOW PROBABILITY. WHY? BECAUSE THE HYDRO LAKES ARE ABOUT AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND ALL THE WEATHER PATTERNS ARE SUGGESTING WE ARE GOING TO GET SUFFICIENT RAIN IN THAT SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND WHERE ALL OUR HYDRAULICS ARE. WE WILL ALWAYS MONITOR THOSE LAKES VERY CAREFULLY, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING A HEIGHTENED RISK AT THE MOMENT. SHE SAYS LAST YEAR WAS JUST AS TIGHT AS THIS YEAR AND THERE WERE NO ISSUES. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SET HIMSELF UP AS A CONTENDER FOR GOLD AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS AFTER TAKING OUT THE HIGH JUMP AT THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GLASGOW. KERR CLEARED 2.36m IN THE FINAL ` THE BEST JUMP BY A MAN SO FAR IN 2024. LAST CHANCE TO FINISH WITH A TRUE FLOURISH. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE 27-YEAR-OLD BLOWN AWAY WITH THE RESULT. I'M JUST OVER THE MOON. LIKE, IT'S... YOU KNOW, WE'VE DREAMED ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM BELIEVED IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I THINK, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENED, AND NOW IT JUST FEELS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO SPECIAL. THE JUMP ALSO BREAKING KERR'S OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD AND EQUALLING THE OCEANIA RECORD. MANCHESTER CITY ARE JUST A POINT BEHIND ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL AFTER A 3-1 COMEBACK WIN OVER MANCHESTER UNITED THIS MORNING. THERE WERE A FEW NERVY MOMENTS WHEN THE VISITORS TOOK AN EARLY LEAD. THE ARRIVAL OF RASHFORD. WOW! MARCUS RASHFORD... WHO LOVES TO SCORE IN A MANCHESTER DERBY. THAT IS HIS SIXTH AGAINST CITY. WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT A PHIL FODEN DOUBLE WAS CAPPED OFF BY THIS ERLING HAALAND FINISH TO GIVE THE BLUE HALF OF MANCHESTER THREE POINTS AND BRAGGING RIGHTS. AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE 'A' LEAGUE WITH A 3-2 WIN OVER ADELAIDE UNITED. BEN OLD SCORING TWICE, AND OSKAR VAN HATTUM NETTED HIS FIRST 'A' LEAGUE GOAL. THE PHOENIX HOLD A THREE-POINT LEAD OVER THEIR NEAREST RIVALS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. IT IS LOOKING PRETTY ROTTEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THIS DOOF-DOOF MUSIC. I LIKE IT. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU ` STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING, WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. 18 DEGREES ON THE WEST COAST. HEADING SOUTH ` NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. ALEXANDRA, 18 DEGREES IS YOUR HIGH. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. MILFORD SOUND IN QUEENSTOWN, BOTH GETTING TO A HIGHER 15 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR EIGHT PEOPLE WHO BRAZENLY ROBBED A CENTRAL AUCKLAND PETROL STATION YESTERDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE GROUP WERE ARMED WITH A HAMMERS. SOME OF THE GROUP WERE ARMED WITH HAMMERS. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS A TERRIFIED WORKER AT WESTERN SPRINGS CALTEX MAKING A FRANTIC DASH FOR SAFETY AS THE GROUP STORMS THE COUNTER. A FOG CANON WAS RELEASED, AND THANKFULLY THE EMPLOYEE WASN'T HURT. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY FRANCHISE OWNER SANJAI BAGIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING. I WANT TO ASK ` HOW IS YOUR STAFF MEMBER DOING? I SPOKE TO HIM LAST NIGHT. HE IS DOING WELL. HE IS CALM. WE HAVE OFFERED HIM ALL OF THE SUPPORT. THERE ARE AGENCIES AND OUR OWN INTERNAL PROCESSES AND PLACE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. THEIR FOOTAGE IS QUITE CHILLING WHEN YOU WATCH IT. TALK US THROUGH IT. YESTERDAY MORNING JUST AFTER SEVEN, A CAR DRIVES IN. EIGHT OFFENDERS RUSHED INTO THE STORE, AND AT SEVEN, THE STORE IS OPEN, AND MY STAFF LITERALLY HAD PROBABLY ABOUT TWO SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO. ABSOLUTELY, HE DID THE RIGHT THING. HIS TRAINING ACTUALLY WORKED. HE WAS ABLE TO GO INTO THE SAFE ROOM AND PRESS THE FOB CANON TRIGGER. THAT HELPED AND LIMITED THE HARM. WHEN YOU WATCH THE FOOTAGE, I SAW YOU TAKE A LOOK, WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND? FIRSTLY, ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY STAFF. YOU COULD HAVE CHILDREN AND OTHERS CUSTOMERS IN THERE. THIS IS OPPOSITE MOTAT. AND IT HAPPENED AT 7 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. IT IS UNPRECEDENTED. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT. WE HAVE HAD SO MANY RAIDS THIS YEAR ALONE. THIS IS THE EIGHTH ONE. COLLECTIVELY IN MY 11 STATIONS, BUT THIS ONE WAS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. WE HAD NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS A TREND HAPPENING WEATHER STATIONS NOW BEING TARGETED? I THINK THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES. IT SEEMS THEY DO NOT GET CAUGHT. WE HAVE HAD SOME GOOD OUTCOMES OUTSIDE OF AUCKLAND. I KNOW THAT IN HAWKE'S BAY, THE POLICE ARE ON TOP OF IT. IN PLACES IN AUCKLAND, THEY JUST REPORT THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LEADS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO CATCH THESE GUYS AND BRING THEM TO ACCOUNT. IT IS A COMMUNITYWIDE PROBLEM. MULTIPLE AGENCIES NEED TO GET INVOLVED, NOT JUST THE GOVERNMENT. I THINK IT IS OUR OWN SOCIETY, COMMUNITY, AND WE DO OUR BEST. WE HAVE FOG CANNONS. WE HAVE WELL-TRAINED STAFF. WE CONCENTRATE VERY MUCH ON THAT PART OF OUR BUSINESS. THIS FOOTAGE REALLY SHOWS THAT THE TRAINING WORKS. WE HAVE GOT FOG CANNONS. WE HAVE BOLLARDS. HERE WE ARE JUST TAKING A LOOK. THE GROUP HAD JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER. WHEN YOU MENTION ABOUT THE CANNONS AND THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT YOUR STAFF WENT THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE STAFF MEMBER JUMPING BEHIND THE DOOR AS YOU MENTION. THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU RUN THROUGH WITH YOUR STAFF. THERE IS THE CANNON. JUST IMAGINE. YOU ARE THERE YOURSELF, AND YOU HAVE ONLY TWO SECONDS TO MAKE THE DECISION. IT IS SCARY. WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE STAFF ACTUALLY HAVE PANICKED, AND IT IS HARD TO FOLLOW SOMETIMES THOSE PROCEDURES. DO YOU FEEL AS A BUSINESS OWNER, SAYING IT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU A TIME WITH ALL OF YOUR STATIONS, AND YOU SOMETIMES FEEL IGNORED AND THAT THERE IS MORE THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD DO. THEY NEED TO START EFFECT ON THE GROUND LEVELS. THEY HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TALK FOLLOWING ELECTIONS, BUT NOW WE NEED TO SEE THOSE OUTCOMES. THESE THINGS NEED TO COME DOWN IN NUMBERS. IT HAS GONE UP, TO BE HONEST. EIGHT TIMES IN MY STATIONS ALONE. BUT SINCE LAST NIGHT, THIS WAS PUBLISHED, AND I HAD SO MANY CALLS AND EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES FROM OTHER RETAILERS, OTHER STATIONS. WHEN YOU SAY OUTCOMES, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT? WHAT ACTION DO YOU WANT TAKEN TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? THEY REALLY NEED TO CATCH THESE GUYS. IT CANNOT BE SEEN AS A PEACH. CRIME SHOULD NOT PAY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO STOP AT SOME STAGE. THE POLICE NEED TO COME TO THE PARTY. SOCIETY REALLY NEEDS TO COME TO THE PARTY. MULTIPLE AGENCIES NEED TO STEP UP NOW. CAN I ASK WHAT WAS TAKEN? THE HARM WAS LIMITED THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED. I WILL NOT GIVE THE NUMBERS ON THAT PART, BUT I SAY THAT THE HARM WAS LIMITED, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY ALL OF THE NEGATIVES THAT YOU SEE THERE, THERE IS A SILVER LINING POSITIVES OUT THERE THAT HE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES AND THE HARM WAS LIMITED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING AND SHARING YOUR STORY. WE WISH YOU WELL WITH YOUR STAFF MEMBER AS WELL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE HEALING POWER OF SHARING GRIEF EXPERIENCES. A WHAKAARI VICTIM FAMILY MEMBER IS WITH US ON HOW TO BUILD BETTER SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY TRAUMATIC EVENTS. # I GIVE YOU ALL... # OF ME. # I WILL TRY TO FIX YOU. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. 22 PEOPLE DIED, FIVE COMPANIES WERE TAKEN TO COURT, AND $10 MILLION WAS HANDED DOWN IN FINES AND REPARATION. AND AS THE LAST STATEMENTS OF THE SURVIVORS, VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THE WHAKAARI ISLAND EXPLOSION WERE READ TO THE COURT, ANOTHER EMOTIONAL MILESTONE WAS PASSED. AMONG THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE 2019 ERUPTION ` TOUR GUIDE HAYDEN MARSHALL-INMAN. HIS BROTHER MARK WAS IN COURT LAST WEEK LISTENING TO THOSE VICTIM IMPACT REPORTS. HE BELIEVES MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CONNECT THOSE AFFECTED BY A MAJOR TRAUMATIC EVENT. MARK JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. IT IS A DIFFICULT TOPIC FOR PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST'VE BEEN LIKE TO SIT IN THAT ROOM AND LISTEN TO THOSE STATEMENTS. HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH THAT? IT WAS TOUGH. YOU LISTEN TO THOSE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU REALISE YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU REALISE THAT THESE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT COME WITH A TRAGIC MOMENT LIKE THAT, EVERYBODY SUFFERS IN A SIMILAR WAY. YOU GO THROUGH THOSE TRAUMATIC FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT RESONATES WITH EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AROUND THE SAME THINGS. WHETHER IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS YOU YOURSELF OR WHETHER IT IMPACTS YOUR FAMILY LATER ON OR EVEN YOUR OWN KIDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT IS INTERESTING TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND YOU START LISTENING TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW WHITE IRELAND AFFECTED THEM. THERE ARE SO MANY SWIRLING MESSAGES AROUND GRIEF THAT NOBODY AGREES THE SAME WAY AND EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT JOURNEY, BUT WHEN YOU SET AND LISTEN, THERE ARE SOME THEMES AND THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO EVERYBODY IN THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK NOW AT THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, ARE THE GAPS? ARE THERE BITS WHERE YOU THINK WE ALL WENT THROUGH THIS, AND THAT DID NOT NEED TO HAPPEN OR THEY COULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER? I DESCRIBE IT TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY THAT YOU ALMOST BECOME THIS EXCLUSIVE CLUB. NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE PART OF IT, BUT YOU ARE ALSO NOT CONNECTED. FOR US TO SIT DOWN FOUR YEARS LATER AND START TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND LEARNING ABOUT EVERYBODY'S WAY THEY HAD TO, IN SOME CASES, COPE ALONE, IT IS QUITE HARD TO COMPREHEND THAT WE WERE NOT TOGETHER EARLIER. I WAS LUCKY IN A SENSE THAT I CAME FROM WHAKATANE AND HAD A REALLY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AROUND ME. BEING CLOSE TO SOME OF THE VICTIMS THEMSELVES, WE WERE ABLE TO TALK. SOME OF THE AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES, THEY ARE QUITE ISOLATED AND ALONE. THERE ARE WAYS TO BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER IN THOSE SITUATIONS. WE LOOK AT WHAT CAN COME OUT OF THE TERRIBLE THINGS LIKE THIS, AND I WONDER IF THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT CAN BE WORKED ON. THIS WAS A TOURISM VENTURE, AND THERE WERE TOURISTS FROM NOT JUST AUSTRALIA, BUT FURTHER AFIELD, AND AT SOME STAGE, EVERYONE DOES HAVE TO SPLIT OFF AND BUILD A LIFE AND WORK OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND WHERE, AND YOU SAID YOU HAD LOCAL SUPPORT, BUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU THINK, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE DIFFERENT LEAD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE OR THAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO OR REMEMBER IN TIMES LIKE THIS? I THINK BEING ABLE TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE QUICKER WHO ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. NOT JUST FOR YEARS ON. EVEN IF WE HAD A FEW NAMES THAT YOU COULD SAY THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BE REACHED OUT TO, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW IF YOU CAN REACH OUT OR NOT. BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT INTRODUCTION THAT THESE OTHER FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE OR BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER, I THINK THAT IS A BIG THING. THERE IS SO MUCH PRIVACY AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE. I GUESS BREAKING DOWN THOSE BARRIERS IS A KEY ELEMENT OF THAT. IT IS A BALANCING ACT. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION ON FAMILIES LIKE YOURSELVES, AND ALL OF US WANT A PIECE OF THE PIE OUGHT TO FIND OUT YOUR STORY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, AND THEY MUST PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU. IT PUTS PRESSURE ON EVERYBODY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER IS IF YOU HAVE A SINGLE SPOKESPERSON THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT FOR THE FAMILY, TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF THE REST OF THE FAMILY. AS LONG AS YOU TALK TO EACH OTHER BEFORE YOU GO ON A OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN YOU ARE GETTING THE SAME MESSAGES ACROSS. IT TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF THE MEDIA AS WELL, BECAUSE THEN THEY DO NOT FEEL AWKWARD AROUND ASKING IF YOU ARE WILLING TO SPEAK ON TV OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT IS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD IN THAT SENSE, BECAUSE IT IS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. HOW DO YOU USE THIS EXPERIENCE GOING FORWARD? HOW DO YOU USE IT TO NOT JUST A CONNECTED TO YOUR FEELINGS AND YOUR GRIEF AND WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE WENT THROUGH OR ARE GOING TO THE SAME FEELINGS YOU ARE BUT ALSO IT HAS RIPPLES. IT GOES EVEN FURTHER. THEY WILL BE OTHER EVENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO THE SAME THING AND FEELING THE SAME WAY AS YOU. THE BIGGEST LEARNING CURVE WE HAVE TAKEN FROM IT IS THAT I RUN A GOLF TOURNAMENT THAT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF HEALING. IT ALSO CREATES A LOT OF CHATTER AROUND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THINGS AND WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER. THAT IS JUST A POSITIVE WAY OF MOVING FORWARD FOR US. IT IS BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, AND IT IS A HAPPY ENVIRONMENT OR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE. SOMETIMES THERE IS SORROW; SOMETIMES THERE IS NOT. IF YOU DO NOT TALK OFTEN ENOUGH WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY, THEN IT GIVES THEM AN OPEN FORUM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS. THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING, ESPECIALLY WITH MALES AS WELL. WE JUST DO NOT TALK. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO REMEMBER WHAT A WONDERFUL PERSON HAYDEN WAS IN THE WORK THAT HE DID. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MAN. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, 400,000 KIWIS ARE UNAWARE THEY SUFFER FROM HEARING LOSS. ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME. BUT THERE'S A FREE TEST YOU CAN TAKE TO FIND OUT. MORENA, MATT. YOU DO NOT LISTEN. YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW. HEAD TO THE WEBSITE. IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR MINUTES AND ONE DOLLAR FOR EVERY TEST THAT IS TAKEN ONLINE GETS DONATED TO A SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAM AROUND THE COUNTRY. GET INVOLVED. WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER THE NEWS. AS PER EXPECTATIONS, WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH FEEDBACK. YOU DIDN'T VIEW EARLIER THIS MORNING. WE DID HAVE A TRIAL. YOU CANNOT TICKET ANYONE BECAUSE IT NEEDS THE LEGISLATION CHANGE. THE FINE IS ONLY $150. THE FINE WENT UP FROM $80.02 YEARS AGO. WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS, THEY IMPLIED THAT EDUCATION PLUS A FINE WAS OK, BUT WAIT TO HEAR WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS, IN THE FINES OVERSEAS. ITALY IS CONSIDERING BRINGING IN A NEW LAW THAT WOULD SEE THE FINE GO TO MORE THAN $3000 NZD IF YOU ARE CAUGHT ON YOUR PHONE. THAT WILL WORK. YOU'LL BE TOO BROKE TO GAS UP YOUR CAR, SO IT WILL WORK. AND WILL SEND THE MESSAGE DO NOT USE YOUR PHONE. IN AUSTRALIA, IT IS ABOUT $1200 NZD. THAT IS EVEN IF THE PHONE IS ON YOUR LAP. IF THEY SEE YOUR PHONE THROUGH THE CAMERAS ON THEIR LAP, YOU WILL GET PINGED. SOME PEOPLE THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE THE LAW. DAVE SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THIS IS THROUGH THE USE OF CAMERAS. EDUCATION DOES NOT WORK FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE POPULATION. RICHARD SAYS $150 MAY NOT BE MUCH FOR THE RICH, BUT IT IS FOR THE POOR. SORRY RICHARD, RULES ARE RULES. YOU PAY REGARDLESS. PULLOVER AND SEND THE TEXT. DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE RICH OR POOR. THE OWNER OF AN AUCKLAND PETROL STATION ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BY A GROUP OF EIGHT IS CALLING FOR A STRONGER APPROACH FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH OFFENDERS. THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MOMENT A WORKER AT THE WESTERN SPRINGS CALTEX STATION ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM HAMMER-WIELDING ROBBERS YESTERDAY MORNING. THE STATION'S FRANCHISE OWNER SAYS EIGHT OUT OF 11 OF HIS PETROL STATIONS HAVE BEEN ROBBED SINCE JANUARY. HE HAS LABELLED THE ATTACK 'UNPRECEDENTED' AND IS CALLING FOR MORE ACTION. POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR THE YOUTHS INVOLVED. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY IS BACKING EDUCATION OVER ENFORCEMENT TO DISCOURAGE DRIVERS FROM USING THEIR PHONES. RECENT FIGURES SHOWED MOBILE PHONE OFFENCES SKYROCKETED 25% IN JUST ONE YEAR. IN AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND USE CAMERAS TO DETECT PHONE USE ` SOMETHING WAKA KOTAHI TRIALLED IN 2022, SNAPPING 200,000 OFFENDERS IN JUST SIX MONTHS. BUT NZTA SAYS ITS FOCUS IS EDUCATION FIRST, URGING DRIVERS TO GET RID OF ALL DISTRACTIONS. IT'S AN EASY FIX, SO WE SIMPLY NEED TO REMOVE THE TEMPTATION, SO WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO, BEFORE YOU START DRIVING, POP THAT PHONE IN YOUR GLOVE BOX, TURN IT OFF, PUT IT INTO 'DO NOT DISTURB' MODE. TARA MACMILLAN SAYS IT'S THE GOVERNMENTS JOB TO DECIDE TO INTRODUCE DETECTION CAMERAS. ANY CEASEFIRE AND RETURN OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES DOESN'T GUARANTEE THE END OF THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, ACCORDING TO A FORMER SENIOR U.S. DIPLOMAT. ISRAEL'S DELEGATION TO THE LATEST ROUND OF PEACE TALKS HAS APPARENTLY NOT SHOWN UP, BECAUSE THEIR DEMAND FOR A LIST OF HOSTAGES WASN'T MET. KURT VOLKER, A FORMER AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO NATO SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES WOULD END THE CONFLICT. THE HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD BY HAMAS PARTLY TO TRY TO DETER MORE AGGRESSIVE ISRAELI ACTION. I THINK ISRAEL IS VERY CONSCIOUS TO BOTH PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES AS MUCH AS IT CAN WHILE ALSO NOT ALLOWING THAT KIND OF BLACKMAIL TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE HAMAS DELEGATION HAS ARRIVED FOR THE TALKS IN CAIRO AMID FEARS OF A WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE TERRITORY. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A MASSIVE JAIL BREAK IN HAITI. ARMED GANGS STORMED THE PRISON IN THE CAPITAL, PORT AU PRINCE, KILLING THREE PEOPLE AT THE ENTRANCE AND LEAVING THE GATE WIDE OPEN. IT'S THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN THE COUNTRY, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER CALLING FOR UN SUPPORT TO TACKLE THE ESCALATING PROBLEM. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LAY FLOWERS ON THE GRAVE OF ALEXEI NAVALNY TWO DAYS AFTER HIS FUNERAL. MOURNERS HAVE LINED UP IN BITTER COLD IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL TO LAY FLOWERS AT HIS HEADSTONE, ALL UNDER THE WATCH OF A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. SOME CHANTED ANTI-GOVERNMENT SLOGANS, BUT NONE WERE ARRESTED. ELSEWHERE, MORE THAN A HUNDRED NAVALNY SUPPORTERS WERE ARRESTED AT OTHER MEMORIAL EVENTS. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SMASHED HIS OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD ON HIS WAY TO GOLD AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SCOTLAND. KERR CLEARED 2.36m TO WIN GOLD IN THE FINAL, THE HIGHEST JUMP BY ANY MAN THIS YEAR. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE GOLD WAS GUARANTEED. HE DID NEED ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS. THE WIN TAKING NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL TALLY AT THE WORLD INDOORS TO THREE MATCHING THE TEAMS' BEST EVER HAUL. THE HURRICANES HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR UNBEATEN RECORD IN SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC, THOUGH THEY'VE NEEDED EXTRA TIME TO DO IT. CAM ROIGARD'S SECOND TRY LOCKED UP THE SCORES AT 33-33 WITH THE QUEENSLAND REDS, SENDING THE GAME TO GOLDEN POINT. PASILIO TOSI WITH THE MATCH WINNER SEVEN MINUTES INTO THE EXTRA PERIOD. HERE IT IS! SURE FOR THE HURRICANES! THEY WIN IT IN GOLDEN POINTS. (WHISTLE TRILLS) PASILION TOSI IS THE HERO FOR THE 'CANES. THE WIN PUTS THE HURRICANES ALONGSIDE THE CHIEFS AND BLUES AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE. THE NRL'S FIRST FORAY INTO THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN MARRED BY AN ACCUSATION OF RACIAL ABUSE. BRONCOS FIVE EIGHTH EZRA MAM CLAIMS ROOSTERS PROP SPENCER LENIU DIRECTED A RACIAL SLUR AT HIM, LATE IN THE ROOSTERS' 20 TO 10 WIN OVER BRISBANE. THE REFEREE TOLD PLAYERS HE DID NOT HEAR THE ALLEGED ABUSE BUT PLACED THE MATTER ON REPORT. A SPECTATOR ALSO REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION, AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A SCUFFLE IN THE STANDS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. I'VE WORKED OUT WHY YOU THOUGHT IT WAS DUS DUS, DANIEL. BECAUSE YOU CONFUSE THAT WITH UNS. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. 20 IN WELLINGTON. STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. A HIGH OF 26 IN KAIKOURA. NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. A HIGH OF 22 FOR ASHBURTON. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN, YOU HAVE A HIGH OF 15. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING INTO IT. IF YOU CAN'T HEAR IT, DO I HAVE A SEGMENT FOR YOU (!) DESPITE NEARLY 900,000 NEW ZEALANDERS BEING IMPACTED BY HEARING LOSS, ONLY 500,000 ARE AWARE OF THEIR CONDITION. IT CAN BE MILD OR SEVERE, BUT NOW IS TIME TO GET IT SORTED. THE ANNUAL GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK IS ON, OFFERING KIWIS FREE FOUR MINUTE ONLINE TESTS. MATT GIBB IS CHECKING IT OUT THIS MORNING. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TRITON HEARING. IT IS BEEN AN INTERESTING MORNING FOR ME. IT IS NEW ZEALAND HEARING AWARENESS MONTH AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN HEAD IN STORE OR GO ONLINE TO GET YOUR HEARING CHECKED. THIS IS MEAGAN, SHE IS AN AUDIOLOGIST. I WAS NERVOUS, WHICH IS FAIR TO SAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT BEFORE, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THE EYE CHECK BUT HEARING CHECK IS THE UNKNOWN. REALLY QUICK AND EASY. IT IS JUST ABOUT GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR EARS AND HEARING SO YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND POWER TO MAKE THE NEXT STEP. THE MUSIC CHAT HAS BEEN GOING ALL MORNING. I LISTENED TO A LOT OF DRUM AND BASS IN MY YOUTH. I WENT IN WITH YOU, IT WAS A SIMPLE PROCESS. YOU PLAYED SOME TONES IN EACH YEAR. HOW DID I GO? YOU DID WELL. YOU PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS. A BIT OF HEARING LOSS IN THE HIGHEST PITCHES. BUT THAT IS NORMAL AT OLDER AGES. YOU GET A BETTER BRINGING AREAS SOMETIMES, WHICH IS A REALLY COMMON SYMPTOM. ON THE FIRST THINGS HE WILL NOT NOTICE AS SOME RINGING IN THEIR EARS WHICH CAN BE ASSIGNED TO GET YOUR HEARING CHECKED. KEEP AN EYE ON IT, AND I SHOULD BE FINE. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. THIS IS AUDIOLOGIST MEAGAN AT TRITON. I'M GOING TO BRING IN LESLIE WHO IS THE CHIEF AUDIOLOGIST. THAT WAS A PASS FOR ME FOR MY CLINICAL TEST, BUT SAY THINGS HAVE NOT GONE LIKE THAT, WHAT WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE? WE WOULD LOOK AT THE CAUSE. WE MIGHT BRING YOU BACK FOR A FULL CONSULTATION TO KNOW WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR YOU IS. THERE IS A RANGE OF OPTIONS, ISN'T THERE? A MASSIVE RANGE. PEOPLE JUMP TO THE CONCLUSION THEY MIGHT NEED HEARING AIDS, YOU MIGHT NOT. THE KEY IS TO GET TO THE TAILORED SOLUTION FOR YOU. WITH SO MANY KIWIS EXPERIENCING HEARING LOSS, 900,000 KIWIS IN TOTAL, ABOUT 500,000 OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA THEY HAPPIER IN LOSS. THE BIG HEARING CHECK. THE WEBSITE IS ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. GO THERE AND GET YOUR TEST DONE. IT IS FOUR MINUTES ONLINE. ALL YOU NEED IS A SET OF HEADPHONES AND FOUR MINUTES. FROM YOUR PHONE, FROM YOUR LAPTOP, ANYTHING. ONE DOLLAR FOR EVERY TEST WILL GO TO SUPPORTING SCREENING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE EARLIER THE BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK. DANIEL, I WANT TO HEAR YOU HAVE DONE YOUR TEST BEFORE THE END OF THE SHOW. HOPEFULLY I WILL FLY THROUGH. HEARING AND LISTENING TO US ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. . SELECTIVE HEARING IS WHAT I WOULD CALL IT. ME U TONU MAI ` TOUGHER VAPING REGULATIONS ARE COMING IN THIS WEEK. WE ASK OUR POLITICAL PANEL IF THEY THINK IT'S ENOUGH TO STOP VAPES GETTING INTO THE HANDS OF YOUTH, NEXT. I CAN HEAR YOU. I WAS LISTENING. A SIX-WEEK CEASEFIRE IN GAZA LOOKS TO BE IN DOUBT WITH REPORTS ISRAEL HAS NOT SENT A DELEGATION TO TALKS WITH HAMAS IN CAIRO. THE ISSUE OF A CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAS DIVIDED OUR POLITICAL PARTIES HERE. TO EXPLAIN THEIR TWO POSITIONS IS TE PATI MAORI CO-LEADER DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER AND ACT DEPUTY LEADER BROOKE VAN VELDEN. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. DEBBIE, CAN I START WITH YOU? HOW DEVASTATING IS THAT GIVEN GIVEN THE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER THAT IS HAPPENING? FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT I OUTLINE THAT WE WILL NEVER SUPPORT ANY GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENTS AND COUNTRIES THAT SLAUGHTER 30,000 PEOPLE, STARVE DELIBERATELY 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE AND LEAVING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HARMED AND UNDER RUBBLE. WHAT WE NEEDED TO SEE WAS A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, AND WE NEEDED TO SEE AN ABSOLUTE EFFORT TO SEE THE RULES THEY HAD WITH WAR CRIMES. THE FACT THAT WE ARE DENYING THIS AND DRAGGING IT OUT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. WE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON HAND TO END THE SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT PEOPLES THAT HAVE NO CHANCE. I WILL BRING YOU IN HERE, BROOKE. I WONDER IF THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH HAS BEEN ROBUST ENOUGH. THERE WAS A DESIGNATION OF HAMAS AS A TERRORIST ORGANISATION. IS THAT A FAIR APPROACH GIVEN THE MAJORITY OF THOSE THAT HAVE DIED OUR PALESTINIANS AT THE HAND OF ISRAEL? YOU CAN ALSO POINT TO THE FACT THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS CALLED FOR HIM IN A TEARY AND CEASEFIRE, SIGNING A JOINT STATEMENT WITH THE AUSTRALIAN AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER'S. I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THERE IS THE NEED FOR A HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE. WHILE WE DO NOT WISH FOR HAMAS TO CONTINUE ITS ATTACKS, WE DO NOT WISH FOR CIVILIANS TO HAVE A LOSS OF LIFE AND WE CANNOT HAVE THOUSANDS OF SEVERELY AND IS DYING, INNOCENT FAMILIES AND PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO DESTROY HAMAS. THE RISEN NEED FOR A CEASEFIRE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CLEAR ON IT BUT IT NEEDS TO COME FROM BOTH PARTIES. THE HORRORS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE REST OF THE WORLD REALLY DOES BREAK YOUR HEART FOR BOTH THE ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SIDES. IT IS QUITE HEARTBREAKING. WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON IS THAT IT IS TO COME FROM BOTH SIDES. I GUESS THAT IS THE DIFFICULTY CAN I JUST COME BACK TO THAT. WE CAN ALL SIT HERE AND USE OUR VOICES AND BE AS HEARTBROKEN AS WE WANT, BUT THE GOVERNMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO APPLY SANCTIONS. DON'T JUST CALL. IF NO ONE ANSWERS, THEY HAD TO PUT A SANCTION AND BASICALLY TELL THE ISRAEL BODIES TO BRING THIS TO AN END, BUT THEY ARE NOT. I'LL BRING YOU BACK IN HERE, BECAUSE I NEED TO GIVE YOU A RIGHT OF REPLY TO THAT BECAUSE YOUR GOVERNMENT IS SAYING THEY'RE ACTING AGAINST BOTH EXTREMES. IS IT? FROM THE SIDE OF THE WORLD, WE DO NOT HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF POWER AND INFLUENCE ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT WHAT HAS BEEN CLEAR IS THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH OUR ALLIES. HAS TO COME FROM BOTH SIDES. HAMAS MUST BE WILLING TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES TO STOP THE ATTACKS. WE REALLY HOPE FOR A CEASEFIRE TO HAPPEN, BUT IT HAS TO COME FROM BOTH SIDES. I THINK IT IS VERY CLEAR, DEBBIE, THAT HAMAS HAD AN UNEQUIVOCAL TERRORIST ATTACK ON ISRAEL. THAT JUSTIFIES 30,000` YOU'RE SAYING THAT JUSTIFIES THE DISPROPORTIONATE GENOCIDE. WE HAVE BETTER POWERS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HELP END THIS AND HAVE A PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. I THINK WE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE ON FROM THIS, AND IT SEEMS SOMEWHAT OF A SIDE STEP TO GO FROM TALKING ABOUT THIS TO VAPING OUR COUNTRY, BUT I DO WANT TO GET THIS QUESTION OUT QUICKLY AROUND THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT VAPING. WE KNOW THAT DISPOSABLE VAPOURS CAN NO LONGER BE SOLD HERE, BUT IN AUSTRALIA, ALL VAPING PRODUCTS ARE BEING PUT ON A PROHIBITED GOODS LOST SO YOU CANNOT IMPORT THEM. ONTO QUICK ANSWER FROM BOTH OF YOU. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS NOT YET COME TO CABINET TO LOOK AT WHAT WE SHOULD DO FOR VAPING. IT IS CLEAR FROM THE COALITION DOCUMENTS THAT VAPING FOR CHILDREN IS A REAL CONCERN, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING NOW. WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT VAPING HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST TOOLS TO QUIT SMOKING. VAPING WILL BE PART OF THAT, SO YES, LET'S HAVE STRICTER REGIMES, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLE GIVING UP SMOKING. SHOULD WE BE FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA? YES WE SHOULD. THIS GOVERNMENT IS HYPOCRITICAL. THAT IS MY END LINE. THIS GOVERNMENT ARE SHAMEFUL AND HAPPY CRITICAL. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IT'S BEEN A JEWEL IN THE WAIKATO'S CROWN FOR 25 YEARS, BUT NOW BALLOONS OVER WAIKATO NEEDS A NEW LEADER. FIND OUT IF YOU'D BE RIGHT FOR THE JOB NEXT. # UP AND AWAY IN MY BEAUTIFUL, # MY BEAUTIFUL BALLOON. IT IS 7:56. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF BALLOONS OVER WAIKATO, AND THE LAST FOR ITS MANAGER FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. MICHELE CONNELL HAS RAN THE EVENT FOR TWO DECADES BUT IS MOVING ON. SO, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR FOR HER REPLACEMENT? MICHELE JOINS US NOW. MORENA, MICHELE. WELCOME TO BREAKFAST. WHY AFTER 20 YEARS, YOU HAVE DECIDED TO BOW OUT NOW? I THINK 20 YEARS IS A LONG TIME AND ANYONE ROLE, AND I THINK IT IS TIME. IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO PUT THEIR STAMP ON THE EVENT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF OTHER EVENTS THAT WE RUN, MAINLY AROUND THE LIFESTYLE MARKETPLACE, THE MOTORHOME AND CARAVAN SHOWS IN HAMILTON AND CHRISTCHURCH. IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO FOCUS ON THOSE AND PUT THE ENERGY AND TIME INTO THAT. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL 20 YEARS. YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A LOT OVER 20 YEARS, PARTICULARLY IN CHANGES WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY. I REMEMBER COVERING THE 2012 CARTERTON BALLOON CRASH. HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED OVER 14 YEARS OR IN YOUR CASE 20 YEARS? THAT REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES, AND NEW ZEALAND IS A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO. CARTERTON PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON BALLOONING FOR SURE. AND ALSO, THERE HAD BEEN SOME OTHER INCIDENCES AND OTHER SHOWS AROUND THE WORLD THAT MEANT WE HAD TO CHANGE THE WAY WE OPERATED OUR EVENT. IT IS DEFINITELY A BIG RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE EVENT FOR THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT COME. THE SECURITY SIDE AS WELL IS JUST AS BIG. THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE THE BIGGEST CHANGES. IN TERMS OF CHALLENGES OVER YOUR 20 YEARS, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY? I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS FUNDING. THIS IS A NOT FOR PROFIT. EVERY ASPECT OF THE WHOLE FIVE-DAY FESTIVAL IS FREE. WE ARE TOTALLY RELIANT ON SPONSORSHIP AND GRANTS. AT THE MOMENT, PRICES ARE GOING UP FOR EVERYTHING. OUR SPONSORSHIP AND GRANTS IS NOT. I THINK IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE, AND I THINK IT ALWAYS WILL BE. REGARDLESS, IT STILL ATTRACTS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS, SO WHAT TYPE OF PERSON DOES IT TAKE, WOULD YOU SAY, TO FULFIL THOSE SHOES? IT IS A LEADERSHIP ROLE. BUT I THINK THE EVENT PROFESSIONAL WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A TEAM, OR HAVE A TEAM AROUND THEM TO DELIVER ALL OF THE ELEMENTS, AND THEN THEY HAVE GOT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING PERHAPS OF PROTOCOL. BUT THE BIGGEST PART OF THE ROLE IS THAT SPONSORSHIP AND GRANTS, GETTING THOSE IN AND NURTURING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE AND PROBABLY A PREREQUISITE FOR ANY EVENT MANAGER WOULD BE ORGANISED. YOU WOULD NEED TO BE DETAIL DRIVEN. WHY DO YOU THINK THE CROWDS JUST KEEP COMING FOR MORE? WE LIKE TO SAY THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MAGICAL. IT REALLY IS. IT IS FOR EVERYONE. ALL AGES, EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY IT. IT IS FREE. THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT TO SEE ALL OF THOSE BALLOONS TAKING OFF. THAT REALLY IS A LOVELY EVENT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH. CAN I ASK WHERE TO NEXT? PROBABLY JUST CONCENTRATING ON OTHER EVENTS. AT LEAST HAVING A BIT OF TIME TO SEE MAYBE WHAT ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE WEATHER ALL OF THE TIME. LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. AFTER A BRAZEN DAYLIGHT ROBBERY, THE OWNER OF A PETROL STATION TARGETED BY A GROUP OF YOUTHS WANTS TO SEE MORE ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS. POLICE ARE ON THE HUNT FOR EIGHT PEOPLE WHO ROBBED A CENTRAL AUCKLAND PETROL STATION YESTERDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE GROUP WERE ARMED WITH HAMMERS. SANJAI BAGIA OWNS SEVERAL PETROL STATIONS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND IS CALLING FOR A STRONGER APPROACH FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH OFFENDERS. I KNOW THAT IN HAWKE'S BAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POLICE ARE ON TOP OF IT. IN PLACES IN AUCKLAND, THEY JUST REPORT THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE LEADS, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO CATCH THESE GUYS AND BRING THEM TO ACCOUNT. BAGIA SAYS EIGHT OF HIS PETROL STATIONS HAVE BEEN ROBBED SINCE JANUARY. HOPES OF A CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE HIT A STUMBLING BLOCK AMID REPORTS ISRAEL HAS NOT SENT A DELEGATION TO THE LATEST ROUND OF TALKS. ISRAEL HAD DEMANDED A LIST OF HOSTAGES WHICH WOULD BE FREED UNDER ANY DEAL BUT REPORTEDLY HAD NOT RECEIVED ONE. THE HAMAS DELEGATION IS IN CAIRO FOR THE TALKS. INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE IS MOUNTING FOR A PAUSE IN THE VIOLENCE, WITH THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA CONTINUING TO DETERIORATE. MEMORIAL SERVICES HAVE BEEN HELD FOR THE PASSENGERS OF FLIGHT MH370, WHICH DISAPPEARED 10 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE MISSING GATHERED IN KUALA LUMPUR, CALLING FOR THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN THE SEARCH FOR THE PLANE. THE COUNTRY'S TRANSPORT MINISTER HAS SAID HE'S COMMITTED TO FINDING THE AIRCRAFT. THE MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT DISAPPEARED OFF RADAR SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF IN 2014 AND IS WIDELY THOUGHT TO HAVE CRASHED INTO THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH 239 PEOPLE ON BOARD. AFTER SURVIVORS AND THE FAMILY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE WHAKAARI WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCES IN COURT, THE BROTHER OF ONE VICTIM BELIEVES IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT. MARK INMAN'S BROTHER HAYDEN MARSHALL INMAN WAS A TOUR GUIDE ON THE ISLAND. HE SAYS THE VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS GAVE HIM A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SURVIVORS AND NOW WANTS TO SEE MORE DONE TO HELP CONNECT THOSE INVOLVED. EVEN IF WE HAD A FEW NAMES THAT YOU COULD SAY, 'HEY, THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BE REACHED OUT TO', BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REACH OUT OR NOT REACH OUT, SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT INTRODUCTION THAT THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE AND BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIG THING, THE MISSING LINK, IS THAT THERE'S SO MUCH PRIVACY AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ANYONE. INMAN SAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GRIEVING IS BEING ABLE TO CONNECT AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE FEELING. WINTER IS COMING, AND WITH THE COLDER SEASON, MORE PRESSURE ON NEW ZEALAND'S POWER SUPPLY. DESPITE LAKES BEING AT AVERAGE LEVELS, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH POWER GENERATED ON THE COLDEST DAYS, SHORT, SHARP SHUT DOWNS COULD BE NEEDED, WHICH COULD SEE 1% OF HOUSEHOLDS LOSE POWER. SO AS WE GO INTO THIS TRANSITION, WE'VE GOT NOW ABOUT 25% OF THE NORTH ISLAND'S ELECTRICITY BEING PROVIDED BY WIND AT SOME STAGES, BUT IT CAN BE VERY INTERMITTENT, SO WE NEED MORE FLEXIBLE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND WHEN THAT WIND DROPS OFF. WE'RE HOPEFULLY GETTING A LOT MORE BIG GRID-SCALE BATTERIES, WE'D LIKE MORE FASTER PEAKING PLANT THAT CAN RESPOND TO THAT AS WE MANAGE THROUGH THIS TRANSITION. ALISON ANDREW SAYS THIS YEAR IS SHAPING UP TO BE JUST AS TIGHT AS LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WERE NO ISSUES. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SET HIMSELF UP AS A CONTENDER FOR GOLD AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS AFTER TAKING OUT THE HIGH JUMP AT THE WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GLASGOW. KERR CLEARED 2.36m IN THE FINAL ` THE BEST JUMP BY A MAN SO FAR IN 2024. LAST CHANCE TO FINISH WITH A TRUE FLOURISH. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE 27-YEAR-OLD BLOWN AWAY WITH THE RESULT. I'M JUST OVER THE MOON. LIKE, IT'S... YOU KNOW, WE'VE DREAMED ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM BELIEVED IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I THINK, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL IT HAPPENED, AND NOW IT JUST FEELS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO SPECIAL. THE JUMP ALSO BREAKING KERR'S OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD AND EQUALLING THE OCEANIA RECORD. MANCHESTER CITY ARE JUST A POINT BEHIND ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERS LIVERPOOL AFTER A 3-1 COMEBACK WIN OVER MANCHESTER UNITED THIS MORNING. THERE WERE A FEW NERVY MOMENTS WHEN THE VISITORS TOOK AN EARLY LEAD. THE ARRIVAL OF RASHFORD. WOW! MARCUS RASHFORD... WHO LOVES TO SCORE IN A MANCHESTER DERBY. THAT IS HIS SIXTH AGAINST CITY. WHAT ABOUT THAT? BUT A PHIL FODEN DOUBLE WAS CAPPED OFF BY THIS ERLING HAALAND FINISH TO GIVE THE BLUE HALF OF MANCHESTER THREE POINTS AND BRAGGING RIGHTS. AND THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE A LEAGUE WITH A 3-2 WIN OVER ADELAIDE UNITED. BEN OLD SCORED TWICE, AND OSKAR VAN HATTUM NETTED HIS FIRST A-LEAGUE GOAL. THE PHOENIX HOLD A THREE-POINT LEAD OVER THEIR NEAREST RIVALS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU ` STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING, WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. A HIGH OF 26 IN KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. MY EARS ARE NOT FINELY TUNED ENOUGH TO KNOW IF THIS IS THE SAME MUSIC. THIS IS THE STAR WARS REMIX. IT IS NOT LOOKING GREAT HERE. 15 DEGREES IN MILFORD SOUND. WE GOT THERE. YOU ARE WITH BREAKFAST. FAIR GO HAS BEEN DELVING INTO THE MURKY WORLD OF YOUTH VAPING, INVESTIGATING JUST HOW EASY IT IS FOR UNDER-AGE TEENAGERS TO BUY VAPES ONLINE. JOURNALIST GARTH BRAY JOINS US NOW. MORENA. TELL ME ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. THIS IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUY AND GET DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO THE DOOR. IN EVERY EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF, ANYONE IN THE KNOW AS YOUNG AS 12 OR 13 WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THIS. THE COMPANY ACTUALLY ASKED A LOT MORE OF OUR MYSTERY SHOPPER FOR ONE OF THEM, BUT THE REST WERE JUST RELYING ON REALLY ONLY ONE SAFEGUARD TO STOP THESE THINGS FROM GETTING THROUGH. THESE ARE ALL ARE 18 PRODUCTS. THERE IS A $10,000 FINE IF YOU ARE SUPPLYING THEM. AS WE HEARD FROM A PARENT THAT CONTACTED US IT WAS REALLY WORRIED TO FIND THAT HER CHILD WAS GETTING HOLD OF THE STUFF THAT WAY, IT IS JUST DEVASTATING. ADOLESCENCE IS TOUGH ENOUGH, BUT TO THROW NICOTINE ADDICTION AND NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL INTO THAT, YOU SUDDENLY HAVE A HEALTH PROBLEM THAT TURNS INTO A HUGE HAVEN PROBLEM THAT IS MISSING THEM UP AT SCHOOL AND HOME, JUST RAMPING UP FOR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT NEED MORE STRESS IN THEIR LIVES. IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GET, SOME ASKED MORE QUESTIONS ONLINE. ONE OF THEM DID. ONE DID A BIT MORE DIGGING AND FOUND OUT A BIT MORE. THE RULES ARE THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE. IF YOU ARE SUPPLYING BATES ONLINE, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CHECK IF SOMEONE IS OVER 18. JUST A CHECKBOX. THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE GOING ON THAN THAT. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF MEASURES IN THERE THAT THEY SHOULD CHECK ID AND ALL OF THE DETAILS AND PAYMENTS THAT THEY MATCH UP TO THE ORDER, AND THERE IS ALSO, YOU HAVE GOT TO SUPPLY IT THROUGH A COURIER SERVICE. THAT IS REALLY FALLING DOWN. THE CARRIERS ARE IN EVERY CASE WAVING IT THROUGH. IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE HANDING THESE OVER TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 16, 14, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT AT ALL. LOOKING AT THIS, I DO NOT KNOW THAT BLAMING THE COURIER IS THE ANSWER. ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT DOES CHECK THE ID, IT IS AN EXTRA SIX DOLLARS. YOU ARE BUSY. YOU WONDER IF THIS IS A MEASURE THAT ARE SET UP DO NOT DO AS WELL AS IT COULD. THE PRESSURE IS BACK ON THOSE COMPANIES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR IS EFFECTIVE, AND IF THEY ARE LEAVING IT ALL, AND AS THEY SAY, IT IS TOO HARD TO REGULATE THE COMMERCE, TOO HARD TO GET THE COMPANIES TO BELIEVE YOU ARE SOMETHING ELSE WHEN YOU'RE ORDERING SOMETHING AND THEY WILL JUST TRUST THE DELIVERER. I AM JUST LOOKING AT THE DETAILS AROUND THIS. CURRENTLY ONLINE COMPLIANCE IS THE RESPONSIBLY OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH. IT DID NOT TAKE US THAT LONG TO GO AND DO A BUNCH OF CONTROL PURCHASES OURSELVES AND ESTABLISH THAT THERE ARE SOME BIG PROBLEMS HERE. WE KNOW THAT IN EACH AREA, IF IT IS A PHYSICAL SHOP, IT IS UP TO YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFERS OF HELP TO GO AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR SYNDICATE AND ENTRAINED BY SOMETHING GOING SO YOU NEED TO FIX THAT. BUT ONLINE IS EVERYWHERE. WHO IS LOOKING AFTER THAT? THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AS THEY ARE. IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE CHECKED 50/150 WEBSITE. THAT IS TO A WEEK. THEY HAVE NOT GOT BACK TO ME WITH WHAT A CHECK IS. THEY BUYING STUFF LIKE WE HAVE? THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY PROSECUTIONS EITHER. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS VERY SOFTLY, SOFTLY, GENTLY, GENTLY, FOR A HUGE INDUSTRY THAT NEEDS TO TIGHTEN UP SOME THINGS. I KNOW YOU HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION IS WHAT WHAT OTHER REGULATIONS AROUND THIS, BUT ALSO YOU HAVE GONE TO CASEY COSTELLO, WHO IS THE CUSTOMS MINISTER AND ALSO THE ASSOCIATE HEALTH MINISTER. AND THE QUESTION WAS PUT TO HER AROUND WHETHER THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT BODY TO BE LOOKING AFTER THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. WELL, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE LICENSING AND REGULATING THAT REGIME, AND LOOK AT WHERE THAT SHOULD SIT. AT THE MOMENT, IT'S SITTING WITH HEALTH, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT MORE VALUE IN BEING LOCALLY CONTROLLED AND LOCALLY MONITORED. THAT IS INTERESTING. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? IT IS LIKE THE WAY THEY REGULATE ALCOHOL, SO THE BOTTLE SHOPS AND THAT KIND OF THING. YOU HAVE MAYBE LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF THING. IT MEANS THAT LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE. YOU CAN GET ON THAT LOCAL AUTHORITY AND SAY I DO NOT WANT IT NOW MY KIDS SCHOOLS OR NEAR THE MARAE AUTHOR BOOK CLUB. WHAT WE FOUND WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSING STUFF IS THAT SOMETIMES VERY BIG COMPANIES CAN REPRESENT A BIG CHALLENGE THAT A LOCAL OUTFIT CANNOT TAKE THE TIME TO FIGHT. THERE IS A BIT OF A RISK THAT IF WE DO A CHANGE TO THAT AT THIS POINT, WE MIGHT HAVE A LOT MORE POWER FOR THESE COMPANIES TO RECOLLECT THEIR OWN INDUSTRY. I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW. IT IS COMING AT A TIME WHERE THERE IS PRESSURE ON THIS INDUSTRY TO MAKE MONEY BECAUSE AUSTRALIA, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THE TAP JUST GOT TURNED OFF THERE. ALL OF THESE COMPANIES WOULD HAVE EXPORT OPERATIONS TO GO TO AUSTRALIA, BECAUSE UP UNTIL NOW, ALL YOU HAVE HAD TO DO IS GET SOMEONE TO SEND THEIR PRESCRIPTION OVER AND SAY WE CAN SHIP THEM NOW. SINCE FRIDAY, THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY MORE. THERE IS REALLY ONE VAPING COMPANY THAT HAS SAID THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO THAT FROM CANBERRA, AND THEY WILL KEEP TRYING TO SHIP THINGS. IF YOU HAVE COMPANIES THAT ARE BASICALLY WALKING RIGHT UP TO THE LINE AND SAYING WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESPECT THE POSITION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION AND TRYING TO SEND IT THROUGH, YOU HAVE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF HOW WELL ARE THEY LOOKING AFTER OUR KIDS? MORE ON THAT TONIGHT. 7:30 PM ON TVNZ1. LOVING YOUR WORK THIS MORNING. DANIEL DID NOT EVEN REALISE YOU COULD BUY THEM ONLINE. I DIDN'T REALISE YOU COULD GET THEM ONLINE. YOUR KIDS ARE THE AGE. WHAT IS THE AGE? SEVEN IS ONE THAT I HEARD. REALLY? THERE ARE NO CONTROLS ONLINE FOR A CHILD? WE JUST HAD BROOKE ON SAYING WE NEED TO FIX IT. THERE ARE CHECKS EMPLACED. THERE IS ATTACK ON THE BUTTON TO SAY YOU ARE OVER 18. SO THAT IS THE ONLY THING A CHILD NEEDS TO DO IS JUST TICK THE BOX. AM I THE ONLY PARENT WHO DID NOT REALISE YOU COULD BUY IT ONLINE? PROBABLY. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE CONSIDERED THAT THE KID WOULD DO IT. I THOUGHT YOU HAD TO PHYSICALLY GO INTO A STORE, AND THEY WOULD ASK YOU FOR ID. IF THEY HAVE A CAR THEY CAN STILL JUST DO IT. ON A WEBSITE, IT DEPENDS HOW MANY CHECKS AND BALANCES THEY ARE ASKING FOR. LIKE GARTH WAS SAYING, THE CHECKS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, IT WAS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STORES. 50/150. THEY STILL WILL NOT TELL ME HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE OTHER 100 DONE. 47 HAD BEEN CHECKED AS PART OF A ROUTINE COMPLIANCE. AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK THEM AGAIN. YOU CANNOT JUST DO IT ONCE. I GET THE FEELING THAT THEY WENT COMMODORE NUMBER TWO IS SMOKING, AND WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE SMOKING. WE'LL PUT EVERYTHING INTO NUMBER ONE WHICH IS VAPING. THE HORSE HAS ALREADY BOLTED. MAYBE NONE OF THE DOORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPENED. VERY TRUE. ME U TONU MAI ` RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE HAVE BEEN HELPING FAMILIES FOR OVER THREE DECADES. NOW YOU CAN TOO. FIND OUT HOW GOING FOR A RIDE OR WALK CAN HELP KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER IN TIMES OF NEED. THAT IS NEXT. # YOU ARE SO GOLDEN. # YOU ARE SO GOLDEN. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. WHEN YOUR CHILD IS IN HOSPITAL, IT'S NOT JUST THE STRESS OF THEIR ILLNESS AND JUGGLING CARE THAT PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH; IT'S WHERE TO STAY AND HOW TO GET THERE. IT'S ESTIMATED FAMILIES TRAVEL 210km TO GET TO A RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WHEN THEIR CHILD IS RECEIVING TREATMENT, AND THAT'S WHY THIS MONTH, THE CHARITY IS ASKING YOU TO RIDE OR WALK 210km, 21km OR 2.1km TO RAISE MONEY FOR RONALD MCDONALD FAMILIES. ONE OF THEM YOU'LL BE HELPING IS KERRI AND JONTY (9). THEY JOIN US NOW. MORENA. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OLD MCDONALD HOUSE. OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WAS BACK IN APRIL 2015. JONTY WAS JUST A BABY. HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED IN A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH A TUMOUR THAT WAS PUSHING ON HIS BRAIN, AND HE WAS VERY SICK. WE WENT TO STARSHIP, AND RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE WHERE THERE FOR US AND OUR WIDER FAMILY. THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO A PLACE THAT COULD OFFER YOU SOMEWHERE TO STAY AND BE CLOSE TO JONTY MUST'VE BEEN INVALUABLE, EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE AWAY FROM YOUR OWN HOME. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT OTHERWISE. IT OFFERS YOU A BED AND ALL OF THOSE HOUSEHOLD THINGS, LIKE SOMETHING TO EAT AND A TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN YOUR TOOTHBRUSH, BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT IT ALSO OFFERED AS A SUPPORT NETWORK. THE STAFF WERE JUST AMAZING. WE HAVE GOT LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN, SO THAT IS IMPORTANT GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY ISOLATING AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER. JONTY, DO YOUR MEMBER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE? WAS IT GOOD TO HAVE THEM NEARBY? YES. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. SINCE THEN, JONTY HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS AND HAS RECOVERED. HE IS HERE TODAY AND FUNDRAISING AS WELL. IT IS NOT JUST THE THING FOR ADULTS TO DO. JONTY IS TAKING PART AS WELL. JONTY IS ALWAYS WANTING TO RAISE MONEY FOR DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS, AND HE WANTED TO DO A JUICE STAND. AND WE PUT HOUSE TO HOUSE WAS A GOOD THING TO DO INSTEAD. HOW MUCH DID YOU RAISE LAST YEAR? $1000, AND I CAME FIRST. THE NEXT ONE ONLY RAISE $750. YOU ARE A BIT CASUAL ABOUT THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPEAT THAT OUTSTANDING NUMBER FOR EVERYONE AT HOME WHO MAY NOT HAVE HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME. I THINK HE RAISED ABOUT 10 AND A HEART THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST YEAR. IT WAS ABOUT 12,000 ALTOGETHER. THAT IS FANTASTIC. PEOPLE THINK WHAT DIFFERENCE WILL IT MAKE? IT IS ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT. BUT IF YOU GET TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YOU COMMIT TO IT, YOU CAN REALLY RAISE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING FAMILIES LIKE YOURS. ABSOLUTELY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY KEEN ON SUPPORTING AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THIS YEAR. WE STILL USE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE EVERY YEAR OR TWO AT THE MOMENT. WE KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT IS FOR THOSE FAMILIES. WE ARE PRETTY KEEN TO HELP THEM KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN AND SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES LIKE IT HAS. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS YEAR? JONTY HAS SET A GOAL OF 210 KM TO BIKE. AT 6 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, HIM AND HIS DAD WENT FOR EIGHT AND A HEART KILOMETRES. HE SET THE GOAL FOR THAT MANY KILOMETRES, WHICH IS QUITE INSPIRING. THAT IS A BIG EFFORT. HOW WAS THE BIKE RIDE THIS MORNING? DID IT GO OKAY? YES. ARE YOU A BIT TIRED? YES. THAT IS A LOT TO PACK AND BEFORE SCHOOL EACH DAY. WE WENT ALL OF THE WAY AROUND MASSEY. WE WENT TO THE BRIDGE. YOU GET TO SEE THE SIGHTS AS WELL. HAVE WE GOT A GOAL IN MIND FOR WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THIS YEAR? 12,000 MIGHT BE PRETTY HARD TO BEAT. I THINK IT MIGHT BE, ACTUALLY. WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ABOUT 5000 THIS YEAR. WE WILL JUST SEE HOW WE GO. WE ONLY STARTED ON FRIDAY. PLENTY OF KILOMETRES TO GET AROUND THE PARK AND MASSEY. GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF YOUR BIKING AND COUNTING DOWN THE KILOMETRES. YOU WILL BE FIT AS A FIDDLE BY THE END OF IT. YES. ALL THE BEST. SERIOUSLY? WHAT A DUDE. JONTY, YOU ARE THE MAN. NINE YEARS OF AGE AND GOING TO RIDE 210 KM TO GO. WE SHOULD CHECK IN WITH HIM ONCE HE HAS DONE. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. AND LATER, HOW YOU COULD BE MAKING EXTRA CASH FROM UNUSED ITEMS IN YOUR HOME. THAT CONVERSATION IN 10 MINUTES' TIME. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. A MAN (50) HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AFTER THE DEATH OF A MAN IN THE FAR NORTH. EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE CALLED TO A PROPERTY IN MANGAMUKA AROUND 9pm LAST NIGHT AFTER REPORTS OF A PERSON BEING STABBED. THE MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. POLICE SAY THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED PRESENCE WHILE A SCENE EXAMINATION IS COMPLETED, THOUGH BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY BELIEVES EDUCATION IS IN MORE IMPORTANT THAN INCREASING FINES TO DETER DRIVERS FROM USING THEIR PHONES. THIS COMES AFTER A 25% SURGE OF MOBILE PHONES OFFENCES IN JUST ONE YEAR. MORE THAN 40,000 DRIVERS WERE CAUGHT IN JUST NINE MONTHS IN 2023. WAKA KOTAHI SAYS IT'S INTRODUCING EDUCATION TO HELP BRING DOWN THAT NUMBER. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO TREAT THIS BEHAVIOUR. THE FINE GOES SOME WAY, THE DEMERITS GO SOME WAY ALONGSIDE THAT, BUT EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. EVERYONE'S GOT A PART TO PLAY IN THIS, AND THAT'S TO REDUCE THE TEMPTATION OF USING THAT PHONE. TARA MACMILLAN RECOMMENDS DRIVERS PUT THEIR PHONE IN THE GLOVE BOX TO AVOID DISTRACTION. THE OWNER OF AN AUCKLAND PETROL STATION ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IS CALLING FOR A STRONGER APPROACH FROM THE GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH OFFENDERS. CCTV FOOTAGE SHOWS A TERRIFIED WORKER AT THE WESTERN SPRINGS CALTEX MAKING A FRANTIC DASH FOR SAFETY AS EIGHT YOUTHS STORMS THE COUNTER. POLICE ARE THIS MORNING ON THE HUNT FOR THE GROUP. THE STATION'S FRANCHISE OWNER WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO ACTION WHAT THEY CAMPAIGNED ON DURING ELECTION. IT NEEDS TO START AFFECTING THE GROUND LEVELS, YOU KNOW. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALKS FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS AND THAT, BUT NOW IT'S TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO SEE THOSE OUTCOMES ` THAT THESE THINGS ACTUALLY NEED TO COME DOWN IN NUMBERS. SANJAI BAGIA SAYS EIGHT OF HIS PETROL STATIONS HAVE BEEN ROBBED SINCE JANUARY. ANY CEASEFIRE AND RETURN OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES DOESN'T GUARANTEE THE END OF THE WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, ACCORDING TO A FORMER SENIOR U.S. DIPLOMAT. ISRAEL'S DELEGATION TO THE LATEST ROUND OF PEACE TALKS HAS APPARENTLY NOT SHOWN UP BECAUSE THEIR DEMAND FOR A LIST OF HOSTAGES WASN'T MET. KURT VOLKER, A FORMER AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO NATO, SAYS IT'S UNLIKELY THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES WOULD END THE CONFLICT. THE HOSTAGES ARE BEING HELD BY HAMAS, PARTLY TO TRY AND DETER MORE AGGRESSIVE ISRAELI ACTION. I THINK ISRAEL IS VERY CONSCIOUS TO BOTH PROTECT CIVILIAN LIVES AS MUCH AS IT CAN WHILE ALSO NOT ALLOWING THAT KIND OF BLACKMAIL TO BE EFFECTIVE. THE HAMAS DELEGATION HAS ARRIVED FOR THE TALKS IN CAIRO AMID FEARS OF A WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE TERRITORY. COMMUTERS ON AN OHIO HIGHWAY HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTE MARE WITH A PAIR OF ESCAPED HORSES STOPPING TRAFFIC FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. AS POLICE TRIED TO RECAPTURE THE RUNAWAYS, IT EMERGED THEY WERE IN FACT MEMBERS OF THE FORCE'S MOUNTED DIVISION WHO HAD 'INADVERTENTLY STRAYED' DURING ROUTINE EXERCISE. THE PAIR WERE EVENTUALLY CAUGHT WITHOUT INCIDENT. TO SPORT, AND HAMISH KERR HAS SMASHED HIS OWN NEW ZEALAND RECORD ON HIS WAY TO GOLD AT THE WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SCOTLAND. KERR CLEARED 2.36M TO WIN GOLD IN THE FINAL ` THE HIGHEST JUMP BY ANY MAN THIS YEAR. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. HAMISH KERR HAS JUST SENT THIS CROWD INTO RAPTURES. THE GOLD WAS GUARANTEED. HE DID NEED ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS. THE WIN TAKING NEW ZEALAND'S MEDAL TALLY AT THE WORLD INDOORS TO THREE, MATCHING THE TEAM'S BEST-EVER HAUL. AND HIGH-JUMP WORLD INDOOR CHAMPION HAMISH KERR JOINS US NOW FROM GLASGOW. CONGRATULATIONS! HOW ARE YOU FEELING? THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. JUST HAD MY MIDDLE CEREMONY SO IT IS STARTING TO SINK IN, WHICH IS A PRETTY COOL FEELING. YOU ARE FRESHLY MINTED. COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THE EMOTIONS WERE WHEN YOU JUMP THAT HIGH. WE PUT PROCESSES IN PLACE, WE SET GOALS AND DO ALL THE STUFF THAT ATHLETES DO. FOR IT TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN AND PAUL OFFERS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ONCE I CLEARED THAT BAR, I WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. YOU SMASHED YOUR PERSONAL BEST BY 2 CM, IS THAT RIGHT? WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET THAT HIGH AT THESE CHAMPIONSHIPS? I DEFINITELY DID. THE OLYMPICS IS THE BIG THING THIS YEAR. THE CONTEXT FOR THIS COMPETITION WAS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPETITION BLOCK AND GET A GOOD HIGH. THAT IS THE REASON I TRIED TO CONTINUE JUMPING UP I WON THE MEDAL. IS A HARD FEAT TO PULL OFF. AS IS ANOTHER STEP ON THE ROAD? I AM ON TRACK TO PARIS, I THINK. I WAS HOPING TO BE UP AROUND THAT HEIGHT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO TO HABIT THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON IS A REALLY AWESOME THING. I THINK IT IS CONFIRMATION THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN TRAINING AND THE PROCESSES ARE WORKING. YOUR THE THIRD NEW ZEALANDER TO WIN AN INDOOR TITLE AFTER DAME VALERIE ADAMS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FRESH FROM THE MIDDLE CEREMONY IN GLASGOW. THANKS HEAPS, MATE. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING ` TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` PACK YOUR BROLLY TODAY. SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR ALL. THIS WILL THEN TURN TO RAIN IN YOUR AFTERNOON, EASING IN THE EVENING. AUCKLAND REACHING A HIGH OF 25 TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH ` SIMILAR HERE. RAINY DAY FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR TAURANGA. 23 FOR HAMILTON. TO THE EAST COAST ` CLOUDY MORNING FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. ELSEWHERE, YOU'LL GET SOME RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO YOUR AFTERNOON. 27 THE HIGH FOR NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED YOUR UMBRELLA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ALL THROUGH HERE, WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN YOUR AFTERNOON. 25 THE HIGH FOR WHANGANUI. STRONG NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE IN BLENHEIM. ELSEWHERE, HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDDAY. A HIGH OF 26 IN KAIKOURA. HEADING SOUTH ` NORTHWESTERLIES FOR THOSE NORTH OF THE REGION. A RAINY MORNING FOR THOSE IN OAMARU AND ALEXANDRA. THIS WILL CLEAR AFTER MIDDAY. CHRISTCHURCH, YOU'LL REACH A HIGH OF 24 HERE. THE VOCALS COMING TO ADD SOME INTENSITY. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE BLINDS TO SOME RAIN AS WELL. THIS WILL EASE TO SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. DUNEDIN, REACHING A HIGH OF 18. MILFORD SOUND AND QUEENSTOWN, YOU'RE BOTH GETTING TO 15 DEGREES. THANKS, CHRIS. I'M JUST FOLLOWING DANIEL'S MOVES. NEARLY 900,000 NEW ZEALANDERS ARE IMPACTED BY HEARING LOSS, BUT, THE ANNUAL GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK OFFERS KIWIS A CHANCE TO CHECK THEIR EARS. MATT GIBB IS CHECKING IT OUT. THIS SEGMENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY TRITON HEARING. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? I AM HERE THIS MORNING WITH SOME FANTASTIC KIWIS. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE DEE WITH US THIS MORNING. WE BEEN HERE WITH LESLIE ALL MORNING, BUT IT IS GREAT HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE KIWIS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HEARING LOSS. WHAT WAS IT THEY GAVE YOU A CLUE THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH YOUR HEARING? MY FAMILY WERE GETTING REALLY SICK OF ME SAYING, WHAT DID YOU SAY? MY PARTNER WAS BASICALLY MY INTERPRETER. IS A VERY COMMON THEME. LESLIE SAID THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE PERSON THAT NOTICES. WHAT WAS THE PROCESS LIKE FOR YOU? YOU CAME IN AND HAD A HEARING CHECK? YES, AND THEN I HAD SOME TRIAL HEARING AIDS WHICH GAVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT I WAS GETTING MYSELF INTO. I PLAYED AROUND WITH THEM FOR A GOOD LENGTH OF TIME AND THEN DECIDED THAT LIFE BECAME MUCH EASIER. TELL ME ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES THAT YOU ARE HAVING THAT ONCE YOU GOT THOSE HEARING AIDS, YOUR LIFE CHANGED. WHEN I'M WORKING WITH CHILDREN, TEENAGERS CAN GET VERY QUIET WHEN THEY ARE IN CLASS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE NOISE. I FLICK MY HEARING AIDS UP, EVEN WHEN I'M TALKING TO A CHILD AND I CAN HEAR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. I GET BACK INTO A NOISIER SPACE, I JUST TURNED THEM DOWN. YOU ADJUST TO THE CONDITIONS. HOW IS IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE SINCE YOU'VE HAD THIS HEARING AIDS? I CAN HEAR WHAT IS ON TV. IT IS A CERTAIN RANGE OF HEARING THAT I CANNOT HEAR. I CAN HEAR MUMBLING A BIT MORE, I CAN HEAR QUITE TALKING. I AM NOT ALWAYS BADGERING MY FAMILY TO TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON. IN YOUR KIDS ARE NOT REPEATING EVERYTHING FOR YOU FINALLY. THAT IS A FANTASTIC STORY. WE HAVE SO MANY KIWIS THAT COULD BE IN THE SAME POSITION THAT DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE EXPERIENCING HEARING LOSS. IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING HEARING LOSS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN LIFE THAT YOU COULD BE FINDING MORE CHALLENGING? THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE THE REALITY IS THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU MISS. PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK IT COULD BE THE VOLUME GOING DOWN BUT IT IS INSTEAD THE CLARITY THAT GETS MUDDLED. YOU MIGHT FIND YOU'RE MORE FATIGUED AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE AVOIDING SOCIAL SITUATIONS, YOU HAVE A TINY BIT OF BUZZING OR RINGING IN YOUR EARS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STEP CLOSER TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE HEARING THEM, OR YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A STEP BEHIND PEOPLE WHEN THERE IS A JOKE AND EVERYONE ELSE GETS IT BEFORE YOU DO. ALL THOSE SUBTLE INDICATIONS, AND IT IS THE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE THAT NO MORE THAN YOU TO. GREAT BIG HEARING CHECK, THAT IS THE WEBSITE TO GO TO NOW. IT IS A FREE ONLINE TEST, TAKES ABOUT FOUR MINUTES, OR YOU CAN COME INTO A STORE. GO DO IT RIGHT NOW. WE CAN TRY FOR 10,000 PEOPLE THIS MONTH. BECAUSE IF WE DO GET 10,000 PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT ONLINE TEST, THAT MEANS $10,000 GETS DONATED TO A SCHOOL SCREENING PROGRAM HELPING KIWI KIDS GET THEIR HEARING SCREENED EARLY. PLUS, THERE IS PRIZES TO BE ONE. SUMMER ON THE WALL BEHIND US. SOME GREAT HEADPHONES, SOME GOOD HEARING AIDS, ARE ALSO SOME VOUCHERS. I WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE ALL DONE YOUR HEARING CHECKS BY THE END OF THE DAY. PLEASE, ESPECIALLY YOU DANIEL. I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO THEIR WEBSITE. WE WILL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT TIME. I HAVE, MET. I'VE ONLY PUT MY NAME ON BUT I WILL GET TO THE REST AT THE END OF THE SHOW. E WHAI AKE NEI ` IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME QUICK MONEY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME. HOW DIGGING AROUND IN THE BACK OF YOUR WARDROBE COULD SCORE YOU SOME EXTRA CASH. - ALL: Hooray! - Hip hip! - Hooray! - Happy birthday, mate. - It's your bowel screening test. I've done mine. - WOMEN: Me too! - Uso, you've got this! # Pull the stick from the test. # Put it in the poo. Just follow the pictures... - Koro. You can 'poo' it! - # Put it in the pottle. Put on the date. # Don't delay or procrastinate. (ALL CHEER) # Early detection can save the day. # WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. YOU COULD BE SITTING ON A TREASURE TROVE IN YOUR OWN HOME. THAT'S ACCORDING TO TRADE ME'S LATEST REPORT. IT FOUND THE AVERAGE KIWI COULD MAKE NEARLY $13,000 JUST FROM SELLING OFF THEIR PRE-LOVED ITEMS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY TRADE ME'S BRAND, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SALLY FEINSON. GOOD MORNING. YOU SERVE EIGHT A BUNCH OF KIWIS. HOW MANY ITEMS DID YOU FIND THEY COULD SELL THEM FOR? WE FOUND THAT AROUND THREE OUT OF FOUR OF US HAVE ABOUT 20 ITEMS SITTING AT HOME THAT WE NO LONGER WANT OR NEED, AND COLLECTIVELY THAT WOULD BE AROUND $1300. IN YOUR WARDROBE ALONE, THERE ARE ABOUT 11 ITEMS THAT WE NO LONGER WANT TO WEAR AND THOSE COULD MEET YOU AROUND $300. I AM GOING TO BE LISTENING TO THIS PART. TALK TO ME ABOUT THOSE ITEMS. WHICH WE BE SELLING ON TRADE ME? WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN FASHION AND CLOTHING IS REALLY POPULAR. PEOPLE LOVE LOOKING FOR NEW ZEALAND DESIGNERS, SO BRANDS LIKE JULIET HOGAN ARE AMONG OUR HIGHEST SEARCHED BRANDS. THERE ARE ALSO REALLY OUTDOORSY BUNCHES, SO THINGS LIKE LAWNMOWERS, TRAMPOLINES AND BARBECUES SELL REALLY WELL. WE DO SEE COLLECTABLES, WHETHER AS IT IS A LIMITED EDITION SNEAKER, COIN OR CARD DO REALLY WELL. WHAT DO THE TRENDS SHOW US ABOUT SHOPPING? WE HAVE BEEN SURVEYING KIWIS FOR FIVE YEARS AROUND ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS, AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS AT 87% OF US HAVE PURCHASED SOMETHING SECONDHAND. THAT IS UP FROM 76% FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING OUR CIRCULAR ECONOMY REPORT. IT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH I ATTITUDE AROUND SECONDHAND HAS CHANGED. THE BIGGEST DRIVER AROUND THIS IS AFFORDABILITY. 2023 WAS A CHALLENGING YEAR WITH THE COST OF LIVING ACCELERATING RAPIDLY, AND THAT CERTAINLY DROVE PEOPLE BUYING SECONDHAND. FOR MANY OF US WHO WILL BE LOOKING AROUND THE HOUSE. WHAT ARE YOUR BEST TIPS FOR US TO SELL OUR PRODUCT ON TRADE ME? WE HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE SPACE, IN THE REPORT BACKS US UP. THE NUMBER ONE THING TO DO IT AT YOUR ITEM IS CLEAN AND PRESENTABLE. IF IT IS A CLOTHING ITEM, MAKE SURE IT IS FRESHLY LAUNDERED AND PRESSED. THE SECOND TAB ARE LOTS OF PHOTOS AND GOOD LIGHT. IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC DETAIL OR MANUFACTURE INFORMATION, MAKE SURE YOU PHOTOGRAPH THAT AND GET TO WRITING A DETAILED DESCRIPTION. THAT SAVES YOU A LOT OF TIME ON BACK-AND-FORTH QUESTIONS. THERE ARE ALSO SOME FEATURES ON THE WEBSITE ABOUT BUYING AND SELLING THAT YOU CAN USE TO, WHETHER IT IS A BUY NOW PRICE OR ONE DOLLAR RESERVE. FOR MOST ITEMS, YOU CAN ORGANISE TO BOOK A COURIER, SO YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE TO SELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS? ARE WE A NATION OF HOARDERS? HAVE WE JUST BECOME A NATION OF ORDERS? MAY BE. THAT YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF? NO, MY WIFE. I LOOK AT HER WARDROBE AND THINK, HOW MANY SHOES, BAGS, DRESSES DO YOU NEED? HOW MANY MORE DO YOU NEED? ALL OF THOSE LABELS, I WILL GO THROUGH ANYTHING, HOW MUCH DO YOU SELL THEM FOR? $20? A BIT MORE THAN THAT, DANIEL. E HAERE AKE NEI ` A NEW MOON IS APPROACHING. WE CATCH UP WITH OUR FAVOURITE GISBORNE GARDENER TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN USE LUNAR CYCLES TO IMPROVE YOUR GARDEN. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THERE'S GROWING INTEREST IN HOW THE DIFFERENT MOON PHASES IMPACT GARDENING. UNDERSTANDING AND UTILISING THE MARAMATAKA, OR MAORI LUNAR CALENDAR CAN LEAD TO BUMPER CROPS. IT CAN ALSO MEAN LESS WORK IN THE GARDEN AS YOU WORK WITH THE MOON CYCLES TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY GISBORNE GARDENING INFLUENCER, ADRIAN SUTHERLAND. PLEASE EXPLAIN. I'M A BIT LOST AT THIS POINT. GARDENING BY THE MOON SOMETHING THAT IN PRACTICE BY VARIOUS CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO TRYING THINGS OUT AND OBSERVING WHAT WORKS BEST. THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DONE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ AND TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE, AND YOU TRY A FEW THINGS. IT IS ABOUT THE SEASONS, ALSO. THE SEASONS, MOONS, SON. IT ALL COMBINES TOGETHER TO TRY AND GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR GARDEN BY UTILISING THOSE LUNAR PHASES. FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS, GARDENING TO THE MOON CYCLES, WHAT CAN YOU RECOMMEND? IT DIFFERS SLIGHTLY, BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE GROWING CONDITIONS. CAN BE A BIT COOLER DOWN SOUTH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE SHARE THE SAME LUNAR CYCLE. A LITTLE BIT OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE COMBINED WITH THE LUNAR CALENDAR I BELIEVE DOES HELP. YOU GET A BIT MORE EFFICIENT TIME USE IF YOU DO SPECIFIC THINGS DURING THIS PARTICULAR LUNAR PHASE. WHAT SORT OF CROPS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE HAVE THE NEW MOON PHASE BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY, SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME TO BE SOWING SEEDS. LIKE TO GROW PLANTS FROM SEEDS, OR POPPING INTO YOUR LOCAL GARDEN CENTRE THAN PICKING UP A FEW VEGETABLES AND PLANTING THOSE. IS THE GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY IS INCREASING, PLANT CENTURIES SEEK WHAT APPEARS TO DRAW MOISTURE AND NUTRIENTS FROM THE SOIL A LOT MORE DURING A WAXING LUNAR PHASE, SO NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO PLANTING THEM. ALSO WATERING AND GIVING SOME LIQUID FERTILISER, LIKE SOME ORGANIC SEAWEED MIXTURE. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FROM GARY. HE IS ASKING HOW WE CAN LOOK AFTER ITS ROBBERIES THIS WINTER. IS THAT ONE YEAR TO WRITE OFF OR CAN YOU KEEP SOMETHING THERE? STRAWBERRIES CAN GO DORMANT OVER WINTER. I WILL BE COVERING THEM UP WITH SOME COMPOST. THEY CAN SORT THEMSELVES OUT. NEW RUNNERS ARE FORMED IN THE SEASONS PLANTS, A LOT OF THEM DIE OFF. COVER THEM UP WITH SOME MULCH OR STRAW, AND GIVE THEM A BIT OF WATER. HOPEFULLY, COME SPRINGTIME, YOU CAN HAVE SOME NEW PLANTS AND A WHOLE NEW BATCH OF STRAWBERRIES. THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO HEAR. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM YOUR GARDEN IN GISBORNE. WHAT DID SHE POST THE OTHER DAY? COURGETTES. I USED IT TO MAKE A RATATOUILLE, AND THAT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS DELICIOUS. YOU HAVE A VEGGIE GARDEN? NO. NOR DO I. JUST USE CHRIS'S. WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND DREW WELSH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024