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ACT leader David Seymour says the overwhelming majority of people at Waitangi were respectful during his address.

The National Trust chair has apologised to Seymour, MP Nicole McKee and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters.

All three were drowned out by jeers - and Pita Tipene says more effort should have been made to ensure they could express their views.

Seymour says many were listening politely.

"Unfortunately, it's one of those things where a small number of people ruined it for everyone. And it's really important to recognise this isn't all Māori who were doing this, this was a very small minority of people who don't represent much."

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A 15-year-old has been arrested and three other teenagers are on the run following the brutal stabbing of a 70-year-old woman.

The woman, identified as Vyleen White, was attacked in a Queensland car park- and died shortly after the encounter.

She had been shopping at the Town Square Redbank Plains shopping centre in Ipswich with her grandchild, who was unharmed.

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says this has sparked discussion about the rise in youth crime, with people calling for harsher penalties.

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New Zealand have been dismissed on the second day of the first cricket test against South Africa at Mount Maunganui.

Rachin Ravindra top-scored with 240, but the last five wickets fell for 38 runs.

Sportstalk host Jason Pine recaps the day's events.

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There's growing concerns younger teens are being targeted by vape marketing.

An Auckland University study shows people aged 14-to-17 are more likely to see vaping ads than 18-to-20-year olds.

Half of the 3500 in the study had been exposed through social media.

Marketing professor, Bodo Lang, says more needs to be done to control messaging around vape products.

"It's really been shown to be a very powerful entry drug for young people, particularly non-smokers to get them into vaping- and then potentially get into something else."

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Hotels in Queenstown are building their own staff accommodation to combat the housing shortage in the area.

They say it is a gamechanger for recruiting staff in the industry.

Board Member for Tourism Industry Aotearoa James Doolan told Heather Du Plessis-Allan that although it is a good idea, it is not sustainable across the whole industry.

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Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has announced the new National Concussion Guidelines for community sport.

These include when a player suffers a concussion, they must have a minimum period of 21 days away from full competition.

Sports Injury Research Expert Dr Doug King has said that people need to understand the severity of some head knocks that take place.

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John Aiken is one of the relationship experts on Married At First Sight, one of the people pairing up the brides and grooms and trying to help them build up a partnership. 

The desire to find a match and be in a romantic relationship is common, spawning a variety of reality shows based entirely on the premise, MAFS being one of many. 

The reason behind this, Aiken told Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis-Allan, is that humans are wired to be with someone else. 

“The companionship, and the support, and the communication you can get from it.” 

“When you’re in an intimate relationship and you can have that, it’s very reassuring and grounding.” 

Reality TV known more for its drama than its forming of lasting relationships and Married At First Sight is no different, with only five relationships still intact after over 11 seasons. 

“You don’t really know whether they’re going to find the fairy tale or just blow up.”

Aiken’s role as an expert is to hold a mirror up to people’s behaviour and give them the hard truths and feedback they need for the partnership to be a success. 

“When I look at them I’m not thinking about their personalities as in good or bad people, what I’m thinking about is their behaviours.”  

“What is gonna sabotage this, and what’s going to be better moving forward?” 

In the interview, Heather posed the question of how to know if when she’s quarrelling with her husband, if she’s the problem, he is, or if its both of them. 

“I guess you’ve got to look at the context.” 

Aiken said that you have to look at it over a period of time and ask who’s doing what. 

“You start to realize, well, this person's actually doing a lot more damage in the relationship than the other person who's not engaging in those behaviours.” 

Watching Married At First Sight is a bit of a commitment, taking about eight hours a week to watch all of the episodes. 

Aiken likes to think that viewers commit to it for educational purposes. 

“Singles watch it and they go, ‘I’ve got to avoid that person or that type’, and couples watch and they go, ‘we absolutely cannot talk like those two or behave like that.’” 

“You can learn what not to do by watching Married At First Sight.” 

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Greens co-leader hopeful Chloe Swarbrick is vowing to grow the party's caucus until it's big enough to lead the Government.

The Auckland Central MP has announced her candidacy to replace James Shaw - who resigned this week - and will step back in March.

Swarbrick told Heather du Plessis-Allan she sees herself contributing to a movement which turns the Greens into the major left party.

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The Government's asking for input as it looks to expand the Covid-19 Inquiry.

It wants the panel to look into the use of lockdowns, socio-economic impacts and how much disruption was caused for business, education and healthcare.

Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden told Heather du Plessis-Allan that they want to hear from people about the terms of reference.

Engagement will begin in February, with details soon to be announced by the Royal Commission.

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I’ve been surprised by the number of people who still underestimate her 

I've had texts and in person conversations with people who don’t think she's got what it takes   

Yes she does 

Her winning Auckland central back in 2020 was a big deal. Even Jacinda Ardern, the darling of the left internationally, couldn't do it. She Tried twice and eventually pulled the pin. 

Not only Chloe win it, But she held the seat which is the something the greens have never managed to do before 

And she did it in the face of the red covid wave of 2020... and then the blue backlash wave of last year 

She regularly appeared in preferred prime minister polls, Which basically never happens for an MP in a minor party who isn’t the leader of that party 

A couple years back David Farrar the guy behind the curia polls pointed out how popular Chloe is. He said a poll he’d done "showed Swarbrick had three times the favourability of James Shaw with all voters – she was at 23 per cent and Shaw at 8 per cent". 

And that says a lot given James Shaw was commonly referred to as the acceptable Green 

Well... she’s a lot more acceptable 

So Chloe's got the chops, She can do the job and she’s made no secret today of the fact that she wants the greens to be bigger than Labour  

It's not crazy 

The greens in Germany have at times polled much higher than their Labour party equivalents.  

Can she do it here? 

I refer you back to David Farra who said this week “Chloe could well lift support for the Greens at the expense of Labour.” 

So strap yourself in because if Chloe gets the co leadership, and there is no reason why she shouldn't  

We are going to watch a fierce battle on the left of politics for top dog status  

Labour vs green 

Chippy vs Chloe  

And come on... if you’re a centre left voter... which of those two has more charisma? 

Which of those two parties look more energised? 

Don't underestimate Chloe Swarbrick

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