Richard Arnold

And the Trump administration has to be aware of that.

Gas prices are up 50% since the war started in Washington.

So the pain from the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz

I think is going to drive continued diplomacy.

Exactly.

I appreciate your expertise as always, Geoffrey.

Have a good Memorial weekend, Geoffrey Price.

Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, just coming up 11 past seven.

Back home in something completely different.

Unfortunately, the old footy field's got trouble.

Waikato Rugby League cancelled all junior games following continued sideline abuse and violence.

We had parents fighting, verbal abuse and operations staff being threatened for goodness sake.

Matthew Cooper's the boss at Sport Waikato and is with us.

Matthew, morning.

Good morning, Mike.

Is this league or bits of league?

What's going on here?

Well, firstly, let's call it out, it's disgraceful, this sort of happening going on in sport.

And so I think at the end of the day, this is kids' sport.

Adults have one job, Mike, on the sideline, and that's to make it safe for them to come back and want to play the following week.