Green environments are being hailed as the cure for asthma.

A study of 50,000 New Zealand children found those who lived in green areas were less likely to develop asthma.

Co-author of the study, professor Jeroen Douwes told Mike Hosking the results were surprising.

"We wouldn't be doing the study if we hadn't expected to find something but I hadn't quite expected the result to come out as strong as it did."

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So we now know who is looking into the disastrous Silver Ferns Commonwealth Games campaign.

The panel is made up of 3 people - It will be chaired by lawyer and experienced Sports Director Don McKinnon and also includes former Silver Fern Linda Vagana and Team New Zealand Chief Operating officer Kevin Shoebridge.

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The Prime Minister says the Government is "not at all" anti-farming, and knows our farmers care about the environment.

It comes after Environment Minister David Parker indicated reductions in how much nitrogen and phosphorus that can end up in our waterways.

Jacinda Ardern says there are already rules in place and the Government wants to work constructively with our primary industries.

She told Mike Hosking anti-farming is a mischaracterisation.

"I really get my back up when people describe us in that way. We want to be the most productive, sustainable dairy country in the world, we need to work with our food producers to do that."

Ardern says they will benefit when our brand is strengthened.

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An important budget today for the Australian Government.

Malcolm Turnbull's coalition has a razor-thin, one seat majority with the federal election next year.

Sky News chief political correspondent Kieran Gilbert says the Coalition's behind in the polls, and needs a big winner to hold on to power.

Tax cuts are likely for low and middle-income earners, with those at the higher end signalled to get one in the future.

Gilbert told Mike Hosking there won't be much extra cash available.

"About a $1000 a year we are told so that's not too bad. Its about $10 a week as one of the former minister said deriding a tax cut is a sandwich and a milkshake."

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An outdoors company which makes its garments and products in New Zealand claims it's perfectly viable to keep production here.

It follows the fallout over revelations from The Spinoff that fashion brand WORLD sources some products from AS Colour, whose garments are made in Bangladesh and China.

In responding to the claims, Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet claims in future, it will become too expensive to make garments in New Zealand anyway.

But director of Cactus Outdoor Ben Keats told Mike Hosking says they make all their garments locally - they just have tighter margins than a high-end label.

"If you want to make a huge margin then maybe its not viable. I would suggest that has something to do with her business model and her demand for super normal profit rather than any sought of viability question."

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The Monday morning commentary box with Andrew Saville and Scotty 'Sumo' Stevenson wrap the sporting highlights of another bumper weekend. 

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Jonelle Price notched the biggest win of her career this morning when she rode Classic Moet to victory at the Badminton Horse Trials.

She told Mike Hosking she is still waiting for the victory to sink in.

"We went into the week forever optimistically and obviously it has gone very well."

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A Kiwi woman has come up with a solution to get the kids away from screens.

Sarah Rameka has designed the app "Technology Time" after struggling to get her son off his iPad.

The home-made app means kids have to earn screen time.

Rameka told Mike Hosking kids get time for doing certain tasks.

"They can do homework, their reading, playing outside so kids can accrue this time and then it can be redeemed for time on their devices."

The app's been a success not only in Sarah Rameka's household but for other families as well.

She says the app has stopped arguments and breakdowns over taking screens away.

"When I do take it off them now, you know, he understands that if he wants more time he has to go and earn it and he's happy with that, which is good."

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Dairy NZ says solving water quality issues is a team effort, not something to be imposed solely on farmers.

Chief executive, Tim Mackle, says there's been a sea change in farmers' environmental attitudes in the last decade.

Mackle accepts there are some farms that aren't up to scratch.

He told Mike Hosking most have been doing a lot of work to improve, but other industries and the public need to chip in too.

"We know we are a big part of the issue and we want to be apart of the solution. If we really want to solve New Zealand's water quality issues then we have to take a collective approach to it."

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More support for community conservation groups is needed - so volunteers don't lose interest.

That's what has come out of a report by Predator Free New Zealand.

It's found smaller conservation community groups feel underfunded and undervalued, meaning they could walk away from their war against pests.

Predator Free Chairman Sir Rob Fenwick told Mike Hosking the groups that are supposed to be supporting volunteers aren't coordinated or supportive.

"People who are meant to be doing this 'terrific' work for the predator-free campaign, are running the risk of feeling unacknowledged and walking away.

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