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It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen.

Mamaku School recently held its Mamaku Marsupial Madness Challenge.

Mamaku School recently held its Mamaku Marsupial Madness Challenge.

The return of overseas tourists has already exceeded expectations, and the Reserve Bank is predicting that will increase over the summer months. There's concern the sector will struggle to keep up with acute labour shortages, which may add to inflation, bringing higher prices for holiday-makers. Reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to tourism operators to see how preparations are faring for the summer period.

Tourism operators say a vision of how to improve labour conditions and strengthen the workforce through regenerative tourism presents exciting opportunities.

Sounds like you are putting together a pretext for war. >> former ambassador, michael mcfaul. thank you, as always. coming up, today was another bad day in court for donald trump, and this one could hit him workers most. his bank account. the legal vices tightening around trump. is the guy who bragged about shooting somebody on fifth avenue actually about to be held accountable? all as length -- and paul button are next. -- -- and paul so you can breathe better. claritin-d. breathe better. i jus...

Defender in the courts of washington d.c., back when i was across a cuter, very highly regarded, knows his way around the courtroom, he used words and phrases allowing that suit to go forward, like donald trump and his angry mob were working toward a common goal. he used the phrase, donald trumps call to collective action. and then i think, the most devastating phrase that the judge used, he described donald trumps conduct as the essence of civil conspiracy. jonathan, those are the words and phr...

Are without precedent. your reaction. >> my reaction is donald trump may be reaching the end of his rope. i agree with paul, there is a hesitation among prosecutors. both, state and federal. nobody wants to be the first one to charge a former president, whos committed any number of crimes. i predict, once the first brave prosecutor, who has the evidence to indict donald trump, brings that indictment, everybody is going to want to be the second prosecutor to indict donald trump. because hes commi...

Improprieties that trump is famous for. but, whether the federal government brings those criminal prosecutions, i think, at this moment, is still unlikely. >> glenn, switching topics a little bit, how can the january six committee used information that donald trump took classified documents to further its investigation? >> thats a five-year felony. the national archives has reported and referred to the department of justice for the investigation. the fact that donald trump removed classified nat...

Donald trump. >> paul, do you agree with glenns assessment. that all that needs to happen is one prosecutor to take that first step, and the dominoes will fall? >> my buddy glenn is a little bit more optimistic than me. merrick garlands concern is, you dont bring the first prosecution ever, against the former president, unless its a slam dunk case. unless you know you can win. where i do see a slam dunk case is with this prosecution in georgia, where the evidence is on tape from donald trumps ow...