Holiday Breakfast

A royal commentator believes public perception of Camilla has changed.  
Queen Elizabeth wants Camilla to be known as Queen Consort once Charles becomes king. 
Richard Fitzwilliams told Tim Dower after 17-years of service, Camilla has earned the title.  
But he says it wasn't always smooth sailing. 
“It’s taken some years to persuade people that this was something that would be acceptable, because so many blamed her for what had happened to the marriage.” 
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The next generation of speedboats are coming to New Zealand.  
Swedish company Candela has developed hydrofoiling electric speedboats and are quickly gaining worldwide fame.  
And considering we have one of the highest levels of recreational boating activity per capita in the world their natural expansion was to look at us.  
Candela has partnered with local company Next Generation Boats to bring their hydrofoiling boats here by April this year.  
Next Generation Boats CEO, Kostya Marchenko joined Tim Dower. 
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The price of fuel isn't likely to cool anytime soon. 
Filling up at the pump is costing Kiwis up to nine dollars more than a month ago.  
Even 95 unleaded is topping more than three dollars a litre in some parts of New Zealand. 
Waitomo Group managing director, Jimmy Ormsby, told Tim Dower on top of supply issues, we're also picky when it comes to sourcing fuel. 
“New Zealand does have a bit of a quality premium on the products we bring here as well, so we can’t just get products from any refinery.” 
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People in the North Island might be forgiven for thinking it’s the tropics the past couple of days. 
Hot, sticky humidity making life pretty uncomfortable. 
Eco Design Advisor, Nelson Lebo joined Tim Dower to talk us through how to keep our houses cool in this heat. 
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Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has written herself into the record books, as New Zealand's first ever gold medal winner at a Winter Olympics. 
She put down a spectacular third run in the women's slopestyle final in Beijing. So, what does Zoi's gold mean for the future of our winter snow sports? 
Luke Hetzel, High Performance Athlete Development Manager at Snow Sports MZ joined Tim Dower. 
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister is urging people to ignore "apocalyptic predictions" about a Russian invasion. 
It comes as the White House says Russia could take military action any day now. 
US correspondent Richard Arnold told Tim Dower Russian president Vladimir Putin has put together the biggest military build-up in Europe since World War Two. 
“Those moves are said to amount to 70 percent of the forces required for a full-scale invasion, they’re positioned in a way that would suggest to perhaps a pincer movement, where Russia might invade the country from three sides.” 
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International tourists could return to Australia in the coming weeks. 
The country's Home Affairs Minister says the decision is imminent, pending final health advice. 
Australian Correspondent Murray Olds told Tim Dower it's still unclear as to when that decision will be made public. 
“Karen Andrews the Home Affairs Minister, she also, more importantly, wouldn’t guarantee that the borders, once they open, will stay open.” 
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Christopher Luxon says the Government is being too slow in responding to the threat of Omicron. 
Three cases of the more infectious strain have been identified in Auckland, and health officials have reported a possible case in Palmerston North. 
The Prime Minister has confirmed the entire country will move to red within 48 hours, if there is an outbreak. 
She says there are 4.6 million rapid antigen tests in the country and more are on order. 
The National Leader says more tests should have already arrived, and should be readily available in supermarkets by now. 
“We need tens of millions of them, not being ordered they need to be here now and we’ve had the advantage of time.” 
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What a year it was for our Black Ferns Sevens team in 2021.  
It was a disjointed year with cancellations and postponements but they came through when it mattered - winning gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games after beating France in the final.  
One of the players is almost remembered as much for her on field achievements as off.  
Ruby Tui gave one of the great post-match interviews, that has even seen the moment be nominated by the Halbergs for best sporting moment of the year.  
Ruby Tui joined Tim Dower. 
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Nicotine-free tobacco products could be the answer to helping us achieve our Smokefree 2025 goal. 
New research, published in today's New Zealand Medical Journal, has found the removal of nicotine could reduce smoking rates to well under five-percent by 2025.  
It projects one fifth of smokers would quit, if only nicotine-free cigarettes were allowed from next year. 
Otago University researcher Richard Edwards told Tim Dower the move would have a real impact on smokers and those experimenting with smoking. 
“They don’t get any hit from them, so they’re much less likely to want to try them and if they do try them, they’re not going to get addicted because the cigarettes will not be addictive.” 
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