We're excited to welcome Indira Stewart to the Breakfast team as our new newsreader. She'll be on your screens alongside John, Jenny-May, and Matty soon - tēnā koe e
@Indiratweets
, nau mai ki tā tātou tīma!
Historian and Sapiens Author, Yuval Noah Harari, says Russia, 'a gas station with nukes,' is nothing to fear if Western nations continue to stay united.
Too many students are being forced to leave school as an 'act of sacrifice and love' to support their families - Aorere College head girl Aigagalefili Fepulea'i Tapua'i says the problem's only getting worse - full interview:
Epidemiologist
@DrEricDing
stresses the importance of the booster as we face a new variant of Covid-19 which is leading to more hospitalisations. He says the sub-variant, BA2, is 30-50% more infectious than the first Omicron strain.
Mixed feelings in the Breakfast team today, because
@DanielFaitaua
’s leaving us to be TVNZ’s Europe Correspondent. Don’t worry, he’ll still be with us for the next few weeks, before jetting off to report on all the news from that side of the world. Go well, Daniel. 👋🏼❤️
For those that knew Greg Boyed, you’ll know and forever remember what an amazing, passionate and humorous journalist he was. Our hearts are breaking for his family during this time. Rest In Peace, with love from your Breakfast whānau.
National leader Todd Muller was quizzed by
@JohnJCampbell
on exactly what his COVID-19 economic recovery plan is, other than a focus on small business and communities.
"A people are being punished, in our country, by our systems, by dint of being who we are."
Research from JuskSpeak shows structural bias against Māori in policing.
@Jubes11
says there have been many reports like this with no significant change.
Report:
While Hayley was in isolation to stay safe from COVID-19 during her pregnancy, her baby passed away.
As we’re sure you can understand, this is difficult news to share and we’re asking you to assist us in respecting Hayley’s privacy both while she’s at home and when she returns..
"I grew up in a time where my parents and my grandparents believed that speaking Māori wasn't the way forward," - Jenny-May on her te reo journey as we celebrate Matariki:
Nau mai Matariki, nau mai te tau hou Māori - welcome Matariki & the Māori New Year.
We have a very special guest on Breakfast, this morning: Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, the Samoan politician who (with the FAST Party) has already achieved the remarkable, and may have achieved the nearly impossible - sitting, tied with the HRPP, on 25 seats. Can she become PM? 0740 am.
This is something which affects so many New Zealanders. If you need to talk about it, we can’t recommend the teams at SANDS NZ or Baby Loss NZ highly enough.
.. to Breakfast.
You’ve been part of this journey and we know you’ll join all of us in the Breakfast family and the wider TVNZ team, in sending Hayley all your love and support.
A very special programme this morning for you from Ōtautahi with
@JohnJCampbell
, looking back over the 10 years since the Christchurch earthquake. Join us live:
“Ultimately, level two is our safer normal, not a return to business as usual” -
@jacindaardern
’s announced what level two will look like, once we get there:
Former Deputy Prime Minister
@winstonpeters
says he is going to court with claims that Trevor Mallard does not have the power to trespass him from Parliament after attending the anti-mandate protest earlier this year.
#BREAKING
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s confirmed the latest community case of Covid-19 became infected after a family member had contact with a member of another family during Level 3 lockdown. That person later tested positive.
#BREAKING
: There is one new death and five new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand - all are linked to other cases, the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has announced.
The PM,
@jacindaardern
, has just told us genome sequencing has revealed the latest Covid-19 community cases are the UK variant.
The PM says this supports the decision to put Auckland into Level 3.
Still no firm indication of source.
To celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori we have Scotty Morrison sharing daily words and phrases with you at home for all levels of reo speakers! Today we have kei a koe te mana!
"There could be other people up in there as well, it's a bit of an unknown at this stage." A landslide hit the Howden Hut in Fiordland at 1:30am after significant rainfall. 31 people are safe & waiting to be evacuated from the Routeburn Track. More:
Today marks 40 years since Te Karere first aired on our screens. We sat down with Former presenter Hinerangi Goodman and Te Karere’s current presenter Scotty Morrison to share memories from their time on the show.
#BREAKING
Multiple fatalities confirmed in a large building fire in Wellington suburb of Newtown.
Fire and Emergency responded after 12:30 this morning, it’s believed 90 people were in the building, 52 are currently accounted for.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed to Breakfast the case who travelled to the Bay of Plenty has tested negative on their second test, their family members have also tested negative.
"Treat New Zealanders like adults, not kids" is Simon Bridges' message to the government over the enforcement of rules under level two, after new legislation passed its first two readings:
"Clearly these are encouraging figures today, but it is just one moment in time, the real test is later this week when we factor in the incubation period for the virus and the time it takes for people to display symptoms," Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said.
As you might've noticed our weather reports on Breakfast have gone a little off the rails recently with blue and red teams facing off! Take a look at the lockdown chaos..
Situation in Christchurch: Minister Hipkins tells us - two cases, at least one had been in Auck, not vaccinated, symptomatic for some days, not scanning rigorously, and contact with another household.
So, ChCh peeps, take care, mask sensibly, scan, and test if you have symptoms.
If you've a spare eleven minutes, Sir Joe Williams (from this morning) speaking with gratitude, love, unflinching insight, understanding and hope is very special company indeed.
Highly recommended by the Breakfast team. (Kia ora rawa atu, Tā Joe.)
A very powerful interview with
@theabbasnazari
this morning, in which he said New Zealand has a moral obligation to issue visas to the Afghan people who worked with NZDF during our 20 years in the country.
This is just one snippet the interview.
The Moana Pasifika squad to play the Māori All Blacks next weekend has been named, in what is an exciting look forward to the beginning of the Pacific side that'll enter Super Rugby in 2022 - more:
We’re really excited to announce that talented broadcaster and athlete Hayley Holt will be joining Jack, Matty and Daniel for Breakfast this year. For more info:
John hosts the first
@1NewsNZ
Leaders’ Debate between Labour leader
@jacindaardern
and National leader
@JudithCollinsMP
on Tuesday at 7pm TVNZ 1 - “what you get from the Leaders’ Debate is which of the two major parties you want to shape our future” ✅ don’t miss it
#YourVote2020
This morning we had to farewell our John and of course, we couldn't say good-bye without taking a look at some of our favourite moments over the years...
Yesterday, Bernard Hickey told us about the widening inequality gap. Today we found out what it is like to be affected by it, with Porirua local Wiremu Bayliss telling us the ability to own a home for his family is no longer possible.
Justice advocate Julia Whaipooti
@Jubes11
says unconscious bias in policing hasn't changed in recent years, despite intentions of previous Commissioners. She says more needs to be done to stopped armed police schemes in future:
New Zealand will have to learn how to manage the alert level system until there is a vaccine, Prime Minister
@JacindaArdern
says, meaning there will be restrictions on Kiwis' lives for many months to come. More:
"This has gone on too long" - Simon Bridges wants New Zealand to be at level two at this stage of the COVID-19 response saying he wants to get the country "working again", despite 75% of the economy being in operation under level three:
High-profile investigative journalist Nicky Hager says there was a "distinct smell from the beginning" of a covert, organised campaign strategy by National as last week's COVID-19 patient information scandal unfolded:
#BREAKING
: Cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the community in New Zealand, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. The 102-day streak has ended.
Dr
@DamonSalesa
has been appointed the vice-chancellor of AUT, he's the first-ever Pasifika person to be appointed vice-chancellor of a New Zealand University. We had a chat to him to celebrate his leadership.
Full Interview here:
#BREAKING
: Minister in charge of COVID-19 response
@chrishipkins
says preliminary genome sequencing results show it's 'likely' the new Auckland community case is linked to the November quarantine cluster.
1. Sara Qasem, who lost her beloved Dad, Abdelfattah, in the mosque shootings, told us the film "They Are Us" takes sovereignty from those murdered, their families, & those who survived the attacks, and creates a "white saviour" narrative from an act of white supremacist hate...
#LATEST
: Associate health minister
@drayeshaverrall
's just told us there have been no new COVID-19 cases overnight, and the full genome sequencing results have shown current community infections are linked.
"It is really hard to watch people say those kind of things, especially if you live your life as a proud gay man... I wish we could get to a place where we can accept everyone for who they are and who they want to be." Proud,
@MattyMcLean
❤️🏳️🌈
Rose Kavapalu works 65 hours a week. For one job, she's paid minimum wage. She's done it for 15 years and only gets a pay rise when minimum wage goes up. E tū is calling for the government to honour a 2017 election promise for a living wage:
Cancer Society NZ saw a "massive spike" in people searching for cervical cancer (and how to get tests) on their website yesterday - six months worth of normal searching in just after a few hours.
#SmearYourMea
@KiriAllan
@NZCancerSo
"Stay strong, stay home, be kind and let's finish what we started," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said as she announced New Zealand will ease lockdown restrictions on Tuesday 28th April. More:
Christchurch, our thoughts are with you. 🖤❤️ We’ll be airing a 1 News Breakfast Special tomorrow from 7am for all the latest on today’s mosque shootings – on TVNZ1.
They're shaping young minds - but why don't we have more Māori and Pasifika lecturers in our universities?
@taramcallister4
and
@SereanaNaepi
are on a mission to change that.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Auckland family who contracted Covid-19 have the UK variant and genome sequencing shows there is no connection to MIQ.
We have some equally exciting and sad news to share about our leading wāhine. Hayley's heading to
@1NewsSportNZ
while Jenny-May's taking her seat next to John - more: