DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE K DOLLAR PLUMMETS ON NEWS OF SHOCKING UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES. OBAMA'S BACK, BUT HE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO REUNITE AMERICA. GREEK ANGER SPILLS OVER AS THE PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST HUGE BUDGET CUTS. AND THE DEATH OF THE 'DAD'S ARMY' STALWART WHO COINED THE PHRASE 'DON'T PANIC'. BAD NEWS FOR NZ ON THE JOB FRONT TODAY, WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SHOOTING UP TO A 13-YEAR HIGH. THE SHOCKING FIGURE'S SENT OUR DOLLAR PLUMMETTING. ONE NEWS REPORTER HEATHER DU PLESSIS-ALLAN JOINS US NOW LIVE IN WELLINGTON WITH DETAILS. HEATHER. A LOT OF BAD NEWS RECENTLY JOB LOSSES AT SOLID ENERGY, ETC FURTHER CONFIRMATION OF HOW BAD JOB SECTOR IS THE LAST TIME IT WAS THIS BAD WAS 1999 OFF THE BACK OF ASIAN CRISIS TOOK JOHN KEY BY SURPRISE TELLS US HOW WEAK OUR ECONOMY IS DOLLAR IS HIGH AND HURTING US 0.5% REPRESENTS 13,000 WORKERS INCLUDES GRADUATES WHO CAN'T FIND JOBS MOSTLY MEN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE CURRENY DOLLAR DROPPED HALF A CENT JUST AFTER INFO RELEASED LOOKING INTO FIGURES AND BRING MORE ANALYSIS LATER IN THE DAY OVERSEAS, AND ECONOMIC WORRIES FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA LEAVE HIM LITTLE TIME TO ENJOY VICTORY IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT HAS LEFT AMERICA DEEPLY DIVIDED. HE WON THE POPULAR VOTE, BUT ONLY BY A NARROW MARGIN. NOW HIS TASK IS TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. HERE'S THE BBC'S PHILIPPA THOMAS. 'THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF YOU,' HE TOLD THEM. IT HAPPENED MORE QUICKLY, CLEANLY AND CONVINCINGLY THAN MANY HAD EXPECTED. MAN: THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF OHIO FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA. THE SENSE OF RELIEF WAS CAPTURED IN THIS IMAGE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPHER AND IN THIS TWEET FROM BARACK OBAMA. NOW THE MOST REPEATED TWEET EVER. YOU'VE BEEN PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS. YOU'VE BEEN PRESIDENT FOUR YEARS. IT ALMOST SLIPPED OUT OF HIS GRASP WITH A WEARY, UNINSPIRED PERFORMANCE DURING THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. BUT MR OBAMA REGAINED HIS MOMENTUM WITH AN ASSURED RESPONSE TO SUPERSTORM SANDY, AND HE SEEMED TO BE A LEADER MORE IN TOUCH WITH THE NATION. ALL CHANT: USA! USA! THE VOTERS RESPONDED TO THAT FRESH ENERGY AND HIS VISION. IN NEW YORK'S TIMES SQUARE AND OUT SIDE THE WHITE HOUSE LAST NIGHT, HIS SUPPORTERS COULD CELEBRATE SIGNIFICANT LEADS AMONG WOMEN, THE YOUNG, HISPANIC AND, OF COURSE, AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS. CROWD CHEERS AND IN CHICAGO, THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED HE'D NEEDED TO RAISE HIS GAME. AND WHETHER I EARNED YOUR VOTE OR NOT, I HAVE LISTENED TO YOU. I BELIEVE WE CAN SEIZE THIS FUTURE TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AS DIVIDED AS OUR POLITICS SUGGEST. WE ARE AND FOREVER WILL BE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND, YES, HE SAID, IT WAS ABOUT HOPE ` THE HOPE THAT FOR ALL AMERICANS SOMETHING BETTER AWAITS. OUR POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN IS IN CHICAGO. HE SAYS IT'S STRAIGHT BACK TO BUSINESS FOR THE NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT AS HE TRIES TO SORT OUT THE NATION'S PROBLEMS. ALSO LOOMING IS WHAT'S CALLED THE FISCAL CLIFF. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE US ECONOMY, WHEREBY JUST BY COINCIDENCE OF TIMING. WE'VE GOT TAX CUTS THAT ARE EXPIRING AS WELL AS SPENDING CUTS WHICH ARE DUE TO KICK IN. ALL TOLD IT COULD BE HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE SUCKED OUT OF THE US ECONOMY IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME. THE PROBLEM THERE IS IT COULD PUSH THE ECONOMY BACK INTO RECESSION. THAT'LL AFFECT WORLD GROWTH AND COULD BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR NZ TOO IF THE WORLD ECONOMY WAS TO SLOW FURTHER. HE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF A COMPROMISE MOVE ALONG WITH REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE TO AVOID THAT SITUATION HAPPENING IN THE SHORT TERM AS WELL AS IN THE LONG ACTUALLY GETTING IN CONTROL OF US DEBT WHICH IS MOUNTAINOUS ` IN THE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO LOTS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PLATE. POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN FROM CHICAGO. FOR THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN, IT WAS THE END OF A DREAM THAT COST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. DESPITE AN ENERGETIC CAMPAIGN THAT HAD THE POLLS PUTTING HIM NECK AND NECK WITH BARACK OBAMA, HE WAS UNABLE IN THE FINISH TO GET THE CRUCIAL VOTES HE NEEDED. THE BBC'S IAN PANNELL REPORTS. # LET'S GET IT STARTED # THE POLLS HAD SAID IT WOULD BE CLOSE, AND SO A BALLROOM PACKED WITH BELIEVERS REVELLED IN THE PROSPECT OF REPUBLICAN SUCCESS. TV: THERE JUST AREN'T ENOUGH REPUBLICAN VOTES. BUT WHAT BEGAN AS A PARTY WAS TO END LIKE A WAKE. TV: PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL WIN THE CRUCIAL BATTLEGROUND STATE OF OHIO. WHEN THE PARTY'S CHOSEN NEWS CHANNEL PREDICTED MITT ROMNEY WAS GOING TO LOSE, THEY KNEW IT WAS OVER. CHEERING, APPLAUSE AFTER A SHORT DELAY TO CHECK THE NUMBERS, MITT ROMNEY CALLED THE PRESIDENT TO CONCEDE, AND THEN GRACEFULLY HE BOWED OUT. I SO WISH I HAD BEEN ABLE TO FULFIL YOUR HOPES TO LEAD THE COUNTRY IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT THE NATION CHOSE ANOTHER LEADER. AND SO ANN AND I JOIN WITH YOU TO EARNESTLY PRAY FOR HIM AND FOR THIS GREAT NATION. THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA. MITT ROMNEY WAS A BUSINESSMAN BRED FOR HIGH OFFICE, YET HIS MODERATE RECORD PUT HIM AT ODDS WITH FELLOW REPUBLICANS, AND HIS WEALTH AND TAX PLANS MADE SOME DOUBT HE REALLY CARED ABOUT THE MIDDLE CLASS. A STRONG PERFORMANCE IN A TV DEBATE LEVELLED THE OPINION POLLS, BUT BY THE TIME HURRICANE SANDY BLEW ACROSS THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN, HIS MOMENTUM HAD STALLED. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LOST THE POPULAR VOTE IN FIVE OF THE LAST SIX PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. AMERICA CONTINUES TO CHANGE, AND SOME THINK THE PARTY'S BEING LEFT BEHIND. FOR NOW, THE PARTY MUST GRIEVE IT'S LOSSES, BUT SUCH IS THE CYCLE OF AMERICAN POLITICS ` THAT AS REPUBLICANS HEAD HOME, THEY KNOW THE BATTLE FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. AND PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS FAMILY ARE NOW EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HAVING LEFT MR OBAMA'S HOMETOWN, CHICAGO, THIS MORNING. AS WE'VE HEARD, HE FACES URGENT ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, A LOOMING FISCAL SHOWDOWN AND A STILL-DIVIDED CONGRESS ABLE TO BLOCK HIS EVERY MOVE. WHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA BATTLES WITH AMERICA'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, GREECE'S GOVERNMENT HAS TODAY NARROWLY VOTED TO APPROVE AN AUSTERITY PACKAGE TO AVERT BANKRUPTCY DESPITE VIOLENT PROTESTS AT THE GATES OF PARLIAMENT. RIOT POLICE USED TEAR GAS, STUN GRENADES AND WATER CANNONS AGAINST THE PROTESTERS. THE NEW PACKAGE OF AUSTERITY MEASURES WILL EFFECTIVELY CONDEMN GREECE TO YEARS OF HARDSHIP IN RETURN FOR RECEIVING THE NEXT BAILOUT LOAN INSTALMENT. MEANWHILE, THESE HANDICAM PICTURES SHOW STAFF FROM THE GREEK MINISTRY OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM STORMING THEIR OWN WORKPLACE IN PROTEST OVER THE SPENDING CUTS. THE MINISTRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STATE SECTOR, WHERE SPENDING HAS BEEN SLASHED. MANY GOVERNMENT JOBS HAVE BEEN LOST IN A BID TO MEET ONGOING MASSIVE SAVINGS TARGETS. A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF GUATEMALA HAS KILLED AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE, WITH THE DEATH TOLL RISING BY THE HOUR. THE QUAKE, WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 7.4, WAS CENTRED JUST OFF THE COAST OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY. A NUMBER OF HOUSES HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED AND LANDSLIDES ARE BLOCKING ROADS. THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL AND MOST OF THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE NORTH-WESTERN STATE OF SAN MARCOS, NEAR THE MEXICAN BORDER. BACK HOME, THE LEADER OF AN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM WHO WORKED ON THE COLLAPSED CTV BUILDING AFTER THE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE SAYS MUCH OF HIS EARLY INFORMATION WAS GAINED FROM TELEVISION REPORTS. THE INQUEST IS LOOKING INTO THE DEATHS OF THOSE WHO INITIALLY SURVIVED THE FEBRUARY 22ND COLLAPSE BUT DIED BEFORE RESCUERS COULD GET THEM OUT. ONE NEWS REPORTER MIKE THORPE IS COVERING THE INQUEST. WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MORNING, MIKE? WE'VE HEARD EVIDENCE FROM ONE OF THE MOST SENIOR FIRE OFFICIALS HAD TO BATTLE TRAFFIC TO GET THERE BEATEN BY A TEAM FROM TIMARU� HE FOUND THAT NO ONE KNEW MUCH ABOUT THE CTV BUILDING WE HAD NO SENSE OF SCALE BUT A TV UP AND RUNNING AT THE BASE. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 5PM. IF I'D HAD A VEHICLE WITH FLASHING LIGHTS TO DRIVE AROUND AND GET SOME SENSE, MAYBE I WOULD HAVE, BUT AS SOON AS STEVE BARCLAY DISAPPEARED, I HAD NO VEHICLE. THE HELICOPTER'S GONE, SO THE TV WAS MY SOURCE. HE ALSO DEFENDED THAT HE KEPT ONE RESCUE TEAM BACK HE NEEDED SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO RESCUE RESCUERS IF NEEDED AFTER AN AFTERSHOCK. EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE AT THE SCENE OF A SERIOUS CRASH IN THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND, ON STATE HIGHWAY ONE NEAR TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK. A TRUCK IS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN THE WAIHOHONU STREAM AND THE DRIVER'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THE TRUCK CONTAINS HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, ALTHOUGH POLICE SAY NOTHING HAS LEAKED INTO THE STREAM. STILL, REGIONAL COUNCIL STAFF ARE THERE ASSESSING THE SITUATION. MEANWHILE, STATE HIGHWAY ONE BETWEEN WAIOURU AND TURANGI IS CLOSED. THERE ARE DIVERSIONS IN PLACE. THE DEFENCE FORCE IS DEPLOYING EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOGS TO SUPPORT TROOPS OPERATING OVERSEAS. FIVE CANINES HAVE JUST GRADUATED FROM THE DEFENCE FORCE'S FIRST EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOG COURSE. THEY ARE ABLE TO DETECT AND INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF EXPLOSIVE ODOURS. IT'S A BRAND NEW CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HAD SINCE THE VIETNAM ERA. IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY FORCE PROTECTION IS DONE IN RELATION TO IED SEARCHES, AND IN THAT RESPECT IT'S GOOD NEWS. SOME OF THE TEAM WILL HEAD STRAIGHT TO AFGHANISTAN TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS THERE. ONE OF THE BEST-LOVED CHARACTERS FROM THE BRITISH COMEDY 'DAD'S ARMY' HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 92. CLIVE DUNN PLAYED THE LOVEABLE JONESY, WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS CATCHPHRASE 'DON'T PANIC!' THIS FROM THE BBC. STEEL PUTS FEAR INTO THE HEART OF THE BOCHE. THEY DON'T LIKE IT, SIR. THEY DON'T LIKE IT ESPECIALLY UP 'EM. AUDIENCE LAUGHTER DROWNS OUT SPEECH HE WAS IRRITATING, BUT HE WAS ENDEARING, AND ALWAYS ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO SPEAK. CLIVE DUNN'S JONESY WAS A STALWART IN ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR COMEDIES THE BBC'S EVER PRODUCED. FAMOUS FOR CATCHPHRASES THE ACTOR ORIGINALLY WASN'T SURE ABOUT. I THOUGHT THE AUDIENCE MIGHT FIND IT A BIT OFFENSIVE TO SAY 'THEY DON'T LIKE IT UP 'EM'. BUT THEY LOVED IT. 'COURSE THEY LOVE ANYTHING THAT'S A BIT RUDE, DON'T THEY? GOD BLESS 'EM. CLIVE DUNN HAD BEEN A SOLDIER HIMSELF WHEN YOUNG, AND HE WAS YOUNG ONCE. HE SPENT YEARS IN THIS BUILDING IN AUSTRIA AS PRISONER OF WAR. JONESY, HE ONCE SAID, WAS HIS REVENGE. IN THE 1960S HE BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME AS THE BUTLER JOHNSON IN 'BOOTSIE AND SNUDGE'. AND HE WAS A REGULAR IN MICHAEL BENTINE'S 'IT'S A SQUARE WORLD'. THERE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN AN ATTEMPT ON THE CROWN JEWELS SINCE 1600 AND... GOSH. CALL THE RAVENS. HE SPECIALISED IN OLD MEN, AND IN 1970, THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED BONUS ` A NUMBER ONE HIT. # GRANDAD, GRANDAD, # YOU'RE LOVELY. # HE WAS AN ACTIVE LABOUR SUPPORTER AND CAMPAIGNED AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE 1980S. AFTER DAD'S ARMY FINISHED, HE MADE TV SERIES, LIKE 'GRANDAD' FOR CHILDREN, BUT IT WAS HIS COOLNESS UNDER PRESSURE IN THE HOME GUARD FOR WHICH HE'LL BE MOST FONDLY REMEMBERED. DON'T PANIC. DON'T PANIC. I'LL TELL THEM TO STOP THE FIRING ON THE PHONE. DON'T PANIC. DON'T PANIC! STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS, AND IN SPORT, ONE OF THE ALL BLACKS VETERANS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE. 1 WITH ME NOW IS DAVID CHEAPE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. GOOD AFTERNOON, DAVID. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OFFSHORE MARKETS? ACTION ON BOTH SIDES OF ATLANTIC AND BOTH IN NEGATIVE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED FROM ELECTION TO FISCAL CLIFF WHICH IS THE DEBATE ABOUT THE $600B OF TAX INCREASES AND SPENDING CUTS COMING INTO FORCE ON JAN 1ST UNLESS CONGRESS COME TO DECISION BEFORE THAT IN EUROPE ATTENTION HAS SWUNG TO GREEK PARLIAMENT WHERE VOTING ON AUSTERITY PLANS TO GET BAILOUT WHAT ELSE CAME OUT OF NZ'S JOB DATA? JOBS DATA WAS DISAPPOINTING WAS 6.8% UNEMPLOYMENT BUT RISEN TO 7.4% NOT ANTICIPATED BY MARKET THANK YOU, DAVID CHEAPE, FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. IN SPORT, THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE UPSET IN FOOTBALL'S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIS MORNING. SCOTTISH CLUB CELTIC BEAT SPANISH GIANTS BARCELONA IN THEIR GROUP MATCH AT CELTIC PARK. THE BBC'S JOE WILSON REPORTS. THE MASSES AGAINST THE MESSY ` CELTIC WILL NEVER LACK SUPPORT, BUT BEATING BARCELONA ON THE PITCH WAS IMPOSSIBLE... WASN'T IT? UP AND IN! WILD CHEERING AND VICTOR WANYAMA HAS SCORED! VICTOR WANYAMA (21), FROM KENYA. NOW JUST 70 MINUTES FOR HOLD ON. OF COURSE, BARCELONA BOSSED THE GAME FOR LONG SPELLS. THEY DO THAT AGAINST EVERYONE. BUT VERY FEW SIDES RESIST LIKE CELTIC. 21 MINUTES TO GO, THE BALL TO LIONEL MESSI ` JUST THE CHANCE HE NEEDED... SAVED. AGAINST THE PRICELESS STARS OF BARCELONA, CELTIC SENT OF A SECRET WEAPON SIGNED FROM AIRDRIE. TONY WATT IS ONLY 18. HE MAY NEVER EXPERIENCE ANOTHER MOMENT LIKE THIS IF HE PLAYS UNTIL HE'S 80. 90 MINUTES GONE, FRASER FORSTER WAS EVENTUALLY DEFEATED IN THE CELTIC'S GOAL BY MESSI. IT DIDN'T MATTER ` 2-1. CELTIC HAS BEEN GOING 125 YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN THE BEST IN EUROPE. NOW, IN THIS ERA, THEY'VE BEATEN THE BEST IN EUROPE. OVERWHELMING. MEANWHILE, A LIGHTING FAILURE DISRUPTED BRAGA'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CLASH AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED IN PORTUGAL. THE STADIUM FLOODLIGHTS FAILED DURING THE SECOND HALF, FORCING PLAY TO BE SUSPENDED FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES. EARLIER BRAGA'S ALAN HAD NUDGED THE HOME SIDE AHEAD, BUT ONCE THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, UNITED FOUND THEIR FORM. THE 3-1 VICTORY ENSURES UNITED GOES THROUGH TO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES. AND AT STAMFORD BRIDGE, CHELSEA'S DEFEATED SHAKTAR DONETSK WAS IN THRILLING FASHION. THIS 41ST MINUTE STUNNER GAVE THEM A 2-1 ADVANTAGE AT HALF TIME. POSSESSION... AND THE ATTEMPT IS IN! 2-1, CHELSEA AHEAD! SHAKTAR LEVELLED THE SCORES IN THE SECOND HALF BEFORE A LATE VICTOR MOSES WINNER PUT THE HOME SIDE IN FRONT AGAIN. FINAL SCORE 3-2. TO TENNIS, AND WORLD NUMBER ONE NOVAK DJOKOVIC HAS BEATEN RIVAL ANDY MURRAY IN THE SEASON-ENDING ATP CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON IN A THRILLING THREE-SET MATCH. MURRAY TOOK THE FIRST SET 6-4, BUT DJOKOVIC HELD ON, CLAWING HIS WAY BACK IN THE SECOND TO BREAK MURRAY'S SERVE TO WIN THE SET 6-3. MURRAY HAD HIS CHANCE IN THE DECIDING THIRD SET WITH A 5-4 LEAD BUT COULDN'T HOLD OFF THE SERB. DJOKOVIC ADMITTED IT WASN'T AN EASY WIN. HE STARTED OFF WELL. HE SERVED EXTREMELY WELL. I WAS FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO RETURN. SO I MANAGED TO COME BACK, MANAGED TO USE MY CHANCES WHEN I NEEDED. FINAL SCORE 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 TO DJOKOVIC. ALL BLACK ADAM THOMSON SAYS HE'S STILL WEIGHING UP HIS PLAYING OPTIONS AFTER THE EUROPEAN TOUR. THE 30-YEAR-OLD, WHO'S EXPECTED TO PLAY IN THIS WEEKEND'S TEST MATCH AGAINST SCOTLAND, IS SAID TO BE CONSIDERING A LUCRATIVE MOVE TO JAPAN. HOWEVER, THOMSON SAYS HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE ARE STILL UNCLEAR. I'VE GOT A FEW OPTIONS, AND THAT'S ALWAYS NICE. I GUESS I'VE GOT TO SIT DOWN AND MAKE SURE I'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE I MAKE THE DECISION, BUT THERE IS OPTIONS TO GO OVERSEAS, THERE IS OPTIONS TO STAY. I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT'S RIGHT FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. THE TEST IN EDINBURGH IS A SELL-OUT. A CROWD OF MORE THAN 67,000 WILL PACK INTO MURRAYFIELD FOR THE GAME EARLY MONDAY MORNING OUR TIME. RUGBY FANS ARE BEING WARNED THEY'LL BE TURNED AWAY FROM THE WELLINGTON SEVENS IN FEBRUARY IF THEY BUY THEIR TICKETS ON TRADEME. AFTER TICKETS SOLD OUT IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES YESTERDAY THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN A HUNDRED LISTED ON THE AUCTION SITE FOR UP TO DOUBLE THE PRICE. SEVENS MANAGERS SAY THEY'VE PERSONALLY CALLED SELLERS TO TELL THEM THE TICKETS WILL BE CANCELLED ELECTRONICALLY, BUT MANY HAVE IGNORED THE WARNING. THEY SAY IT'S DISAPPOINTING FOR FANS WHO'LL TRAVEL TO WELLINGTON ONLY TO BE DENIED ENTRY. AN AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE PLAYER (18) HAS BEEN SACKED FROM HIS CLUB AFTER HE ADMITTED BEING PART OF AN ATTACK ON A PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER (77). WHEN JAKE GALVIN SIGNED WITH THE PENRITH PANTHERS HE TOLD THE CLUB HE HAD A LEGAL MATTER PENDING, BUT HE WOULD BE CLEARED, BUT FOLLOWING HIS GUILTY PLEA AND A SUSPENDED SENTENCE PANTHERS MANAGEMENT SAID THEY HAD NO OPTION BUT TO TERMINATE HIS CONTRACT. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. THE HIGH STAYS WITH US ALL TODAY AND MUCH OF TOMORROW, JUST MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH-EAST, FORCING THE FRONT OVER THE WESTERN TASMAN SEA TO BE SHUNTED MORE TO THE SOUTH. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ A CHRISTCHURCH COUPLE WHO LIVE BY THE AVON RIVER HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT DECLINING FISH NUMBERS IN CANTERBURY. THE O'NEILLS HAVE JUST RELEASED 400 JUVENILE BROWN TROUT INTO THE AVON WITH THE HOPE THEY'LL REACH ADULTHOOD AND REPRODUCE. HISTORICALLY THE AVON RIVER WAS A POPULAR SPOT FOR ANGLERS, BUT WATER QUALITY HAS SEEN FISH NUMBERS DETERIORATE. WELL, WE JUST FELT THAT WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 15 YEARS, AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN A FISH IN THE LAST 10 OR 11 OR 12 YEARS, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT FISH AND GAME AND PUT SOME FISH IN. A FURTHER 800 TROUT ARE BEING RELEASED NEXT YEAR. TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. NEW FIGURES SHOW THAT NZ'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS HIT A 13-YEAR HIGH AND NOW STANDS AT 7.3%. A STRONG EARTHQUAKE OFF THE COAST OF GUATEMALA HAS KILLED AT LEAST 39 PEOPLE AND TRIGGERED EVACUATIONS AS FAR AWAY AS MEXICO CITY. AND BARACK OBAMA'S TWEET LAST NIGHT OF 'FOUR MORE YEARS' HAS BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE MOST WIDESPREAD SOCIAL NETWORKING MESSAGE IN 24 HOURS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. OUR NEXT NEWS IS AT 4.30PM, AND THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND LAUREN STRAIN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.