David Boyle of the Commission for Financial Capability talks with Kate Hawkesby about changes to access to KiwiSaver funds, and allowing people to get through hard financial times.
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TVNZ's Corin Dann talks to Kate Hawkesby from Singapore about the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
The agreement between the two leaders has surprised many, and the denuclearisation of the North Korean peninsula is a good start in a developing relationship.
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TVNZ Reporter Corrin Dann speaks to Early Edition from Singapore about President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting face to face.
 
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Early Edition correspondent Donna Demaio discusses Barnaby Joyce, who has been labelled a hypocrite over controversial abortion views and privacy rights for his family in the media.  LISTEN ABOVE AS DONNA DEMAIO CORRESPONDS IN REGARDS TO BARNABY JOYCE ABOVE.

Early Edition correspondent Donna Demaio discusses Barnaby Joyce, who has been labelled a hypocrite over controversial abortion views and privacy rights for his family in the media. LISTEN ABOVE AS DONNA DEMAIO CORRESPONDS IN REGARDS TO BARNABY JOYCE ABOVE.

Simon Chapple - Victoria University's school of government and Policy Studies discusses how the public has more trust in the Government than churches or charities. LISTEN ABOVE AS KATE HAWKESBY SPEAKS TO SIMON CHAPPLE ABOVE.

Aidan Foster Carter, an Honorary Senior Research in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University provides a preview about the UN Summit as it looms today.
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LISTEN TO NICHOLAS GILMOUR TALK WITH KATE HAWKESBY ABOVE
Kiwis are losing up to $500 million annually to international scammers and the number of reported incidents has risen sharply this year.
Experts say the money is putting a dent in the New Zealand economy with many scams driven by organised crime groups and overseas cartels.
However, actual losses reported to authorities are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg because many victims are too ashamed to come forward to authorities or even tell family members they've been duped.
Financial crime consultant, Dr Nicholas Gilmour told Kate Hawkesby scammers exploit our basic human desires.
"They're targeting effectively what we're liking as people. That means to make money, find friendship, and, of course, find love."
A Herald investigation has revealed new details about the level of scamming activity in this country, the growing cost to victims and the psychological harm inflicted by the criminals who perpetrate these scams from around the globe.
Cases include:

A couple whose son stole $2.2 million from them and lost it all investing in binary options. Such scams are now being presented as cryptocurrency investments online.
A father who chipped away $800,000 in an inheritance scam in the hope he would eventually inherit $2 million to help his children buy their own homes.
An elderly woman tricked out of nearly $567,000 in a romance scam by a man she believed was her true love. He claimed he needed money to oversee the completion of a hospital in Ghana for a friend whose family had been killed in a car crash. The scam was only detected by the woman's broker when she tried to borrow $300,000 more to send overseas.

The number of complaints filed by Kiwi scamming victims to cybersecurity watchdog group CERT NZ has spiked during the first three months of this year to 506 - the highest number on record.
A new survey, conducted by Research New Zealand, shows 72 per cent of Kiwis have been the target of a scam either online or over the phone.
And though agencies like Netsafe, police, telecommunications companies and banks are working hard to identity scams, shut down illegal enterprises and protect unsuspecting Kiwis, their task is a mammoth one.
Most of the money is funnelled out of the country and the growing level of sophistication means the scams are often incredibly difficult for victims to pick up.
Bronwyn Groot, manager fraud education at the Commission for Financial Capability, has spent two decades in fraud investigation work for the banking sector but now advocates for scam victims.
Groot told the Herald there were three main categories of scams.

Love and money: The victim sends money to a potential romantic partner. Commonly the scammer is someone they've never met who lives abroad.
Something for nothing: The victim sends money to a stranger overseas but expects to eventually gain something in return such as a lottery win or inheritance.
Betrayal of trust: These scams most commonly come from a member of the victim's own family within New Zealand.

Groot detailed some of the cases she had worked on to illustrate the severity of the problem and how New Zealanders from all walks of life were being taken for a ride by scam artists.
In one of the most striking cases, a couple poured about $230,000 into a fake investment scheme last year, after being duped by a sophisticated website that showed incredibly promising returns.
The husband signed up and began pouring money into the scheme over five months after being cold called by the scammers - keen to make a good investment for his family's financial security.
For authenticity, the scammers had him log on to a website to check the progress of his investment, which showed his shares tracking upwards.
"They were really slick."
His wife learned by accident about the bogus...

LISTEN TO GAVIN GREY TALK ABOUT THE G7 DRAMA WITH KATE HAWKESBY ABOVE
There were hundreds, if not thousands, of photos taken at the Group of Seven summit in Quebec City this weekend, a two-day gathering of leaders from member states to discuss everything from climate change to international trade policy.
But one in particular stood out after it was published Saturday and ricocheted around the Internet for its surreal composition.
In the photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands behind a long, narrow table, both hands pressed firmly into its surface atop some documents that are angled every which way. With as neutral an expression as possible, she stares directly at President Donald Trump, who sits on the other side of the divide.

Angela Merkel's office has released this photo taken today at the G7, which tells you a lot about how things went. pic.twitter.com/IXX6K3ayys
— David Mack (@davidmackau) June 9, 2018

Is he angry? Bored? Amused? Rare is the countenance where all three are equally plausible, but here it's difficult to say. Trump's eyes stare blankly ahead, focused in the direction of Merkel but not quite affixed upon the German chancellor. His arms are crossed in front of his chest, revealing below them only the length and wayward tendency of his tie.
Surrounding Merkel and Trump are a slew of other leaders, each with an unplaceable gaze. From his partially obscured side profile, one can only make out French President Emmanuel Macron's furrowed forehead. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is fully visible in the frame but his thoughts remain just as inscrutable as the others', with his arms also crossed against his chest and his glance somewhere over Merkel's head.
To Abe's left stands U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, the only one in the picture who looked as if he might have been in the middle of talking. If he was, though, no one appeared to be listening.\
The photo first appeared on Merkel's official Instagram account around noon Saturday.
"Day two of the G-7 summit in Canada: spontaneous meeting between two working sessions," part of the German leader's caption stated in English.
It was a far cry from the official photos the White House had released of Trump's visit to the G-7 Summit, which were mostly posed pictures or those that depicted Trump in a serious, commanding light. The disparity prompted some to wonder: Was Merkel - or someone on her staff - trolling the U.S. president?
After all, during the summit, Trump had threatened to enact stiff penalties if other countries did not agree to dramatically reduce or end tariffs on American goods.
"Well, if they retaliate, they're making a mistake," Trump told reporters Saturday when asked about what might happen if those countries did not agree. "We're like the piggy bank that everybody is robbing. And that ends."
The day before, Trump had called for Russia to be reinstated to the group, despite its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region four years ago, a stance that broke with the other leaders at the gathering. As The Washington Post's Damian Paletta, Anne Gearan and John Wagner reported Friday, Trump's demand got the G-7 summit off to an even rougher start:

What a difference a year makes.

Former All Blacks coach, Sir Graham Henry says there will be some anxiety in the camp ahead of the All Blacks first test of the year against France at Eden Park this weekend. He told Kate Hawkesby opinions of France bringing a 'second rate team' are unhelpful and that history shows the French are an opponent who should always be respected.
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