There are calls this morning for a culture change at sporting events after a young woman was subjected to groping and homophobic slurs from punters at the Black Caps' ODI match against Pakistan in Wellington earlier this month.

The 19-year-old alleged her and her girlfriend were abused while security guards stood by and did nothing.

New Zealand Cricket has since tightened security and apologised.

Otago University associate sport management professor Sally Shaw told Mike Hosking insists it is unacceptable that drunks behave like idiots and make it unpleasant for others, and there's still a way to go to make spectating a safe environment.

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A new online service hopes to put an end to spending hours in a doctor's waiting room.

SwiftMed allows people to make appointments online and have a one-on-one consultation with a doctor via video.

Prescriptions can be sent to any pharmacy in New Zealand, or medicines can be delivered to their home.

Founder Dr Samantha Bailey believes the country is facing crisis point with an aging population - and anything to keep the pressure off of GPs is a good thing.

Dr Bailey joined Mike Hosking this morning. 

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UPDATED 11.57AM: There's some vindication for the Prime Minister after a poll suggested most Australians support resettling refugees in New Zealand.

Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed in the Sky News ReachTEL poll, say they support the resettlement of Manus Island refugees in New Zealand.

Nineteen percent are opposed, and 23 percent are undecided.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Mike Hosking New Zealand doesn't have the same issues as Australia, however, she said we have a role to play in helping resolve these issues and resettlement is part of that.

Ardern also spoke to Mike about reforms in the racing industry, the TPP, working for the dole, and the warm weather.

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However, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia won't be doing anything to encourage people smugglers. "We don't want to encourage people smugglers to put people on unseaworthy boats as we have seen in the past, causing deaths at sea and untold misery as they seek to get to New Zealand and/or Australia," Ms Bishop told Sky News on Monday.

There are calls this morning for a culture change at sporting events after a young woman was subjected to groping and homophobic slurs from punters at the Black Caps' ODI match against Pakistan in Wellington earlier this month.

The 19-year-old alleged her and her girlfriend were abused while security guards stood by and did nothing.

New Zealand Cricket has since tightened security and apologised.

Otago University associate sport management professor Sally Shaw told Mike Hosking insists it is unacceptable that drunks behave like idiots and make it unpleasant for others, and there's still a way to go to make spectating a safe environment.

LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW ABOVE

South Koreans are taking the North's call for unity with a grain of salt.

North Korea has sent a rare message to all Koreans to push for unification, without the help of other countries.

Seoul correspondent Steven Boroweic told Mike Hosking if North Korea was serious, they wouldn't have released it through the Korean Central News Agency.

"They would more quietly send an olive branch to the relative branch of the South Korean government so just the fact that this came out [...] shows that this is a rhetorical thing and mostly for show."

He said South Koreans are shrugging the news off.

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It's Australia Day but not everyone across the ditch is celebrating.

Today marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Port Jackson in New South Wales.

Australia correspondent Murray Olds told Mike Hosking it's not a big day for a lot of indigenous people.

He says the Greens want to change the date but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten are terrified of having separate opinions.

"Seventy per cent of people in a recent survey said leave the bloody date alone. It is a divisive date over here but it is what it is."

January the first and ANZAC Day have been suggested as alternative dates.

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Surf lifesavers in the Northern Region are under unprecedented strain this summer.

The number of people flocking to Auckland, Northland and Waikato beaches at peak times is about 30,000 more than last summer and lifeguard rescues are up by 170 per cent.

Northern Region life-saving manager Duncan Buchanan said 230 people have been rescued so far this lifesaving season, up from 87 the previous season.

"Hand-in-hand with those big numbers at the beaches, we've had a couple of weekends with outgoing tides throughout the day, big surf on the west coast, that storm and north easterlies have pushed a bit of current down the east coast.

"The beaches that maybe were a little bit more benign have more water moving through them. A number of circumstances have come together and really pushed the lifeguards."

He said lifesavers are bracing themselves for more rescues over the long weekend.

"We've had 51,000 hours of lifeguarding this summer so far, about 3,000 more hours compared to this time last year."

He said the tolls are taking a significant strain on the volunteers.

"It's a huge, huge commitment for a volunteer organisation. The additional hours are definitely starting to take its toll on guards."

The latest figures come a week after it was revealed lifeguards are facing extraordinary amounts of abuse from the public.

Today is Australian Day but it's being dubbed Invasion Day by some, and there are calls for the date to be changed.

Aboriginal communities have long called for a date change.

Now the Australian Green Party has weighed in and want it changed too.

Leader Richard Di Natale told Mike Hosking with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, came the dispossession of the aboriginal people.

"Many aboriginal people think to celebrate on a day that represents the beginning of the first and ongoing genocide, families being torn apart a culture decimated, is disrespectful."

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Tim Wilson and Kate Hawkesby join Mike Hosking to discuss this week's best bits of news including a school that banned students from having relationships and a glittery march for consent.

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An eco-design advisor is advising people to use fans to keep cool as parts of the South Island are set to reach the early 30's next week.

January is shaping up to be our hottest ever.

Palmerston City Council's Eco-design advisor Nelson Lebo told Mike Hosking fans are great if it's cooler outside than inside.

"Put a fan facing out a window, you're going to force the hot air out of your home. The opposite end of the home open a window and it is going to draw in free, cool air."

He said planting trees is a great option long term, as they give you free shade

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