DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. FORMER ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NICK SMITH IS SET TO GET A SECOND CHANCE IN CABINET. PRESIDENT OBAMA SETS OUT HIS COURSE FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE AT HIS SECOND SWEARING IN CEREMONY. PRINCE HARRY REVEALS KILLING TALIBAN FIGHTERS DURING HIS LATEST TOUR OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN. BARACK OBAMA HAS TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SEIZE THE MOMENT IN A SPEECH INAUGURATING HIS SECOND TERM AS US PRESIDENT. AFTER TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE, HE GAVE AN 18-MINUTE SPEECH TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED ON WASHINGTON DC'S CAPITOL. HE REPEATEDLY REFERRED TO AMERICA'S PAST TO URGE COLLECTIVE ACTION TO FIGHT FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY. THE BBC'S MARK MARDELL WAS THERE. IF THE ROAR FROM THE CROWDS PACKING THE CAPITOL ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY, THE PRESIDENT HAS A RIVAL IN POPULARITY. # O SAY THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE... # BEYONCE SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. ALONGSIDE POP, THERE WAS TRADITIONAL POMP AS PAST PRESIDENTS TOOK TO THE STAGE, BUT THE CROWD HERE STRAINED TO SEE THE FIRST LADY. HER NEW HAIRCUT IS THE TALK OF THE MEDIA. TRUMPETS PLAY BUT ALL THE MARCHING BANDS AND THE 21-GUN SALUTE ARE FOR ONE MAN. I, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR... THIS IS PAGEANT WITH A POLITICAL PURPOSE. AS A CHOIR SANG THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT LINKED AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ` LIFE, LIBERTY, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ` TO HIS VISION OF A MORE EQUAL AMERICA. A LITTLE GIRL BORN INTO THE BLEAKEST POVERTY KNOWS THAT SHE HAS THE SAME CHANCE TO SUCCEED AS ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE SHE IS AN AMERICAN. SHE IS FREE, AND SHE IS EQUAL, NOT JUST IN THE EYES OF GOD, BUT ALSO IN OUR OWN. NOT EVERYONE APPEARED ENTHRALLED, BUT HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO MENTION THE BIG ISSUES WHICH ENRAGE HIS OPPONENTS ` GUN CONTROL, IMMIGRATION, CLIMATE CHANGE AND GAY RIGHTS. OUR JOURNEY IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL OUR GAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE TREATED LIKE ANYONE ELSE UNDER THE LAW. FOR IF WE ARE TRULY CREATED EQUAL, THEN SURELY THE LOVE WE COMMIT TO ONE ANOTHER MUST BE EQUAL AS WELL. HE'LL FACE PLENTY OF OPPOSITION TO HIS PLANS, BUT NOT HERE, NOT TODAY. THIS WAS A CELEBRATION OF OBAMA'S AMERICA AND THE PEOPLE WHO RE-ELECTED HIM. A PETITION WITH MORE THAN 70,000 SIGNATURES WILL BE HANDED TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE FOR THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL THIS AFTERNOON IN A BID TO STOP THE BILL GOING AHEAD. LOBBY GROUP FAMILY FIRST WILL SUBMIT A STATEMENT SIGNED BY 72,000 PEOPLE WHO WANT MARRIAGE TO REMAIN BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. IF IT'S PASSED, THE BILL, CREATED BY LABOUR MP LOUISA WALL, COULD SEE GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL BY MAY NEXT YEAR. THE SELECT COMMITTEE WILL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. THE PRIME MINISTER'S BEEN ANNOUNCING A CABINET RESHUFFLE AS WE GO TO AIR. WE CROSS LIVE TO THE NEWS CONFERENCE. I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT EVERY CHANGE. LET ME OUTLINE THE CRITICAL CHANGES. DAVID CARTER IS THE NOMINEE FOR SPEAKER. I WANT TO THANK DAVID FOR HIS SERVICES AS MINISTER. TWO OTHER MINISTERS WILL LEAVE IN JANUARY. THEY ARE PHIL HEATLEY AND... I MADE THE JUDGEMENT THAT IT WAS TIME FOR FRESH FACES AND IDEAS. THE THREE NEW MINISTERS. NICK SMITH, NIKKI KAYE, MICHAEL WOODHOUSE. NICK WILL BRING ENERGY AND IDEAS TO HIS PORFOLIO. I'VE ASKED PAULA BENNETT TO WORK WITH NICK SMITH. NIKKI KAYE COMES IN AS MINISTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND CIVIL DEFENCE. I'VE ALSO ASKED HER TO BE ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER. SHE'LL HAVE DELEGATED RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIGITAL ISSUES. MICHAEL WOODHOUSE HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB AS SENIOR WHIP. CAUCUS MEETS ON 29 JANUARY. SIMON BRIDGES HAS BEEN PROMOTED FROM OUTSIDE CABINET. SIMON HAS HAD A GOOD FIRST YEAR AS A MINISER. THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES. FIRSTLY, NOVOPAY. GOVERNMENT SHARES TEACHERS' CONCERNS WITH NOVOPAY. FIXING PROBLEMS IS A PRIORITY. THE REALITY IS WE'RE NOT THERE YET. NOVOPAY PROBLEMS ARE CONCERNING. A FRESH SET OF EYES IS NEEDED. STEVEN JOYCE IS TO TAKE ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY. GETTING NOVOPAY WORKING MAY TAKE SOME TIME. WE WANT TO GET IT SORTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS NO NEED FOR MR FOSS TO REMAIN AS ASSOCIATE EDUCATION MINISTER. IT'S PAY NIGHT AGAIN FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STAFF ON THE EDUCATION PAYROLL. WITH NOVOPAY WIDELY EXPECTED TO PERFORM BADLY AGAIN, MANY ARE CALLING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DITCH TALENT 2, THE CREATORS OF THE SYSTEM. LEGAL EXPERTS SAY IF ONE SIDE IS CLEARLY IN BREACH OF A CONTRACT, THEN IT CAN BE CANCELLED. IF PERFORMANCE AND PROPER PERFORMANCE WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE CONTRACT, AND THEIR BREACH WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH, THEN THERE WOULD BE A THEORETICAL POSSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT BEING ABLE TO CANCEL THE CONTRACT WITH TALENT 2. THE SECTOR IS EXPECTING A ROUGH ONE TONIGHT AS A LARGE NUMBER OF NEW STAFF START CONTRACTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. STEVEN JOYCE IS THE MINISTER TO OVERSEE NOVOPAY ISSUES. A GROUP OF CLIMBERS HAS HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED OFF AORAKI-MT COOK AFTER A ROCK AND ICE SLIDE CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THEIR MOUNTAIN HUT. THE MASSIVE SLIDE OF ICE AND DEBRIS STOPPED JUST 200M FROM THE PLATEAU HUT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. ALPINE GUIDES GENERAL MANAGER ARTHUR MCBRIDE SAYS IT WAS LUCKY NO ONE WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE GRAND PLATEAU AT THE TIME. IF THEY WERE, SAY, COMING THROUGH THE LINDA GLACIER AT THE END OF CLIMBING MT COOK, THEY WOULD HAVE CROSSED DIRECTLY RIGHT THROUGH THE PATH OF THE EVENT. AND AT THAT TIME OF THE DAY IT WAS REASONABLY LIKELY THAT THERE COULD'VE BEEN PEOPLE THERE, BUT FORTUNATELY, THERE WASN'T ANYONE THERE AT ALL. EVENTS OF THAT SIZE ARE THANKFULLY PRETTY RARE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THAT SCALE SINCE MT COOK COLLAPSED, THOUGH THE MT COOK COLLAPSE WAS MUCH, MUCH BIGGER. SO THEY ARE EVENTS WHICH HAPPEN, UM, ON SMALLER SCALES NORMALLY, BUT THIS IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT ` AND QUITE SCARY, REALLY. ALPINE GUIDES GENERAL MANAGER ARTHUR MCBRIDE. SAMOANS ARE BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF THIS AFTERNOON AS A THREATENING TROPICAL CYCLONE APPEARS TO BE HEADING AWAY FROM THE ISLAND. IT WAS FEARED THERE'D BE MORE DEVASTATION JUST A MONTH AFTER CYCLONE EVAN STRUCK THE ISLAND, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE. CYCLONE GARRY WAS EXPECTED TO HIT NEAR THE NORTHERN COAST OF SAMOA BUT IS NOW ABOUT 200KM NORTH-EAST OF APIA AND MOVING FURTHER EAST. THE SAMOA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE HAD ISSUED A WARNING FOR POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS, FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR CYCLONE EVAN WAS LIFTED ONLY LAST WEEK. SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS HAVE FORCED THOUSANDS OF SCHOOLS ACROSS THE UK TO CLOSE AND DISRUPTED TRAVEL FOR A FOURTH DAY. ONE IN TEN FLIGHTS AT HEATHROW AIRPORT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY. THE BBC'S DANNY SAVAGE REPORTS. IN THE HILLS OF NORTH-EAST ENGLAND TODAY THE SNOW HAS BEEN RELENTLESS, PILING EVER HIGHER. PEOPLE LIVING HERE SAY THIS HAS BEEN AS BAD AS THE LAST SEVERE WINTER OF 2010. MANY TRIED TO GET TO WORK, BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS SUCCESSFUL. IF YOU WANTED TO GO ANYWHERE ON HIGH GROUND IN COUNTY DURHAM OR NORTHUMBERLAND, YOU EITHER WALKED OR DUG THE CAR OUT FIRST. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR MANY BUSINESSES. ERM, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE ROOFING AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE, CAN'T GET OUT ON ANY ROOFS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, JOB'S STOPPED. IN CONSETT, AMBULANCE STAFF WERE DEPLOYED EN MASSE TO KEEP CLEARING THE SNOW. IF EMERGENCY CALLS WERE GOING TO BE ANSWERED, THEY HAD TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR VEHICLES OUT. NEARLY ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED, THEIR GROUNDS USED INSTEAD FOR SLEDGING AND MORE ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS. IT'S GOOD FOR SLEDGING, AND IT'S GOOD FOR BEING OFF SCHOOL. AND I LOVE THE SNOW, IT'S JUST GREAT. I LOVE OUR WEATHER IN THE NORTH-EAST. ALONG WITH THE SNOW CAME A STRENGTHENING WIND. THE RESULT WAS DEEP DRIFTS WHICH BLOCKED SOME ROADS AND THREATENED TO CLOSE MANY OTHERS. AND THE BLIZZARDS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT HERE. NO THAW IS ON THE HORIZON HET. ALGERIA'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS 37 FOREIGNERS FROM EIGHT NATIONALITIES WERE KILLED DURING THE HOSTAGE CRISIS AT A GAS PLANT. THE ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS CLARIFIED SOME OF THE HAZY DETAILS SURROUNDING THE STORMING OF THE DESERT FACILITY AND THE TAKING OF HUNDREDS OF HOSTAGES. ABDELMALEK SELLAL SAYS 29 OF THE MILITANTS WHO OVERRAN THE DESERT FACILITY HAVE BEEN KILLED AND THREE CAPTURED ALIVE. THERE ARE STILL SOME FOREIGNERS MISSING. HE SAYS THE KIDNAPPERS CROSSED INTO ALGERIA FROM NORTHERN MALI. HE PRAISED ALGERIAN SPECIAL FORCES FOR STORMING THE SITE, SAYING THE KIDNAPPERS WERE AIMING TO BLOW UP THE GAS PLANT. PRINCE HARRY HAS REVEALED HE KILLED TALIBAN FIGHTERS DURING HIS LATEST TOUR OF DUTY TO AFGHANISTAN. THE 28-YEAR-OLD IS ON HIS WAY BACK TO BRITAIN AFTER A POSTING AS A HELICOPTER GUNNER. NOW THAT HE'S OUT OF HARM'S WAY, INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY ARE ALLOWED TO BE BROADCAST. THE BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. FOR THE PAST 20 WEEKS HE'S DISAPPEARED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN, FLYING AN APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER. PRINCE HARRY: MY FATHER'S ALWAYS TRYING TO REMIND ME ABOUT WHO I AM, AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S VERY EASY TO COMPLETELY FORGET ABOUT WHO I AM WHEN I'M IN THE ARMY. AS CO-PILOT GUNNER ON THE APACHE, HARRY HAS HAD TO BE PREPARED TO USE LETHAL FORCE AGAINST THE TALIBAN. TAKE A LIFE TO SAVE A LIFE. UM, THAT'S WHAT WE SORT OF REVOLVE AROUND, I SUPPOSE. UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S PEOPLE TRYING TO DO BAD STUFF TO OUR GUYS, THEN WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT OF THE GAME, I S'POSE. UM, IT'S NOT THE REASON I DECIDED TO DO THIS JOB. THE REASON I DID THIS JOB WAS TO GET BACK OUT HERE AND CARRY ON WITH A JOB. HARRY DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN UNDER SOMETHING OF A CLOUD. SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT, ON A PRIVATE VISIT TO LAS VEGAS, HE MADE WHAT HE ACCEPTS WAS A SERIOUS MISTAKE. HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED NAKED PLAYING STRIP BILLIARDS. A NAKED WOMAN WAS WITH HIM. PROBABLY LET MYSELF DOWN, LET MY FAMILY DOWN, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DOWN. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY I WAS IN A PRIVATE AREA, AND THERE SHOULD BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRIVACY THAT ONE SHOULD EXPECT. IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF ME BEING TOO MUCH ARMY AND NOT ENOUGH PRINCE. THIS IS MY BED. I DON'T REALLY MAKE IT WHEN I'M DOWN HERE, WHICH IS A JOY. THAT'S IT ` MADE! HARRY WAS IN AFGHANISTAN OVER CHRISTMAS ` ONE OF THE GUYS, PART OF THE GANG, AS HE PUTS IT. ACTIVE SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO HARRY. HE SAYS WILLIAM WOULD LOVE TO BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. HARRY'S TOUR OF DUTY IS COMPLETE. AND UNLIKE THE LAST TIME, HE HASN'T HAD TO COME HOME EARLY BECAUSE THE MEDIA REPORTED THAT HE WAS THERE. FOR ME THAT HURT, BEING PULLED OUT AT THAT POINT, BEING DRAGGED AWAY FROM MY GUYS. I THINK IT WAS ALL DONE` IT WASN'T DONE IN THE WRONG WAY, BUT IT WAS JUST... < MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY FOR FIVE MONTHS HARRY'S SEEN ACTION, BEING SCRAMBLED TO TAKE ON THE TALIBAN. A YOUNG PRINCE WITH A POINT TO PROVE, DOING HIS DUTY ALONGSIDE HIS COMRADES. THE FLAMBOYANT BRITISH FILM DIRECTOR MICHAEL WINNER, BEST KNOWN FOR THE DEATH WISH SERIES, HAS DIED OF CANCER. WINNER, WHO WAS 77, WAS KNOWN MORE RECENTLY FOR HIS BARBED RESTAURANT REVIEWS. THE BBC'S NICK HIGHAM REPORTS. QUIET, PLEASE. GOOD. ROLL. THEIR VIOLENCE MADE HIS FILMS CONTROVERSIAL. THE START OF THIS ONE ` DIRTY WEEKEND ` SUMMED UP THE CONTRASTING SIDES OF THE DIRECTOR'S CHARACTER. MICHAEL'S AN ABSOLUTE MONSTER, BUT HE HAS A... (CHUCKLES) A WICKED SENSE OF HUMOUR, AND I LIKE THAT. I REALLY LIKED IT A LOT. HELLO THERE. HE'D STARTED MAKING FILMS IN THE 1960S, MANY STARRING OLIVER REED; MANY PRAISED BY THE CRITICS. THE JOKERS WAS ONE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN RICH. I'M JUST SITTING ON A CONVEYER BELT. OH, I SHOULD SET MY BROTHER ON YOU. HE CAN BE EXTREMELY VIOLENT! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, SON. OH, HELLO, DAVID. HE BECAME RICH AND NOTORIOUS THANKS TO DEATH WISH, ABOUT A MIDDLE-CLASS VIGILANTE PLAYED BY CHARLES BRONSON. I SAID TO CHARLIE, 'YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT THIS SCRIPT, 'UH, ABOUT A MAN WHOSE WIFE IS MUGGED 'AND GOES OUT AND SHOOTS MUGGERS.' AND CHARLIE SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.' I SAID, 'YOU'D LIKE TO DO THE MOVIE?' HE SAID, 'NO, I'D LIKE TO GO AND SHOOT MUGGERS.' AS HIS FILM CAREER WANED, HE INVENTED A NEW CHARACTER FOR HIMSELF AS A BOMBASTIC, EGOTISTICAL AND OUTSPOKEN RESTAURANT CRITIC WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR OTHERS LIKE HIM. OH, YOU'RE SITTING THERE LIKE A BUM! TALK TO HIM! THE MAN HIMSELF WAS RUDE, OUTRAGEOUS, ENTERTAINING AND QUITE ABLE TO TAKE THE MICKEY OUT OF HIMSELF. I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE VERY TOLERANT IN THIS JOB. TOLERANT AND PLEASANT LIKE ME. SOME GOOD NEWS FOR MIGRAINE SUFFERERS. THE CURE COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS TAKING A MULTIVITAMIN. THAT'S ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH OUT OF AUSTRALIA. CHANNEL NINE'S SARAH HARRIS WITH THIS REPORT. THESE DAYS SANDRA LADLEY SPENDS MORE TIME IN FRONT OF A CANVAS INSTEAD OF HIDING IN A DARK ROOM UNDER THE COVERS. TOTALLY BLIND AND THEN VOMITING. AND THEN YOU'D GET A SHOCKING HEADACHE. INTENSE PAIN THAT ADDS UP TO A MIGRAINE. THE TORTURE, SANDRA SAYS, OFTEN LASTED DAYS. HER MIRACLE CURE WAS SURPRISINGLY SIMPLE. AMAZINGLY EFFECTIVE, YES. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. ALL IT TOOK WAS A COMBINATION OF COMMON VITAMINS AND SANDRA'S MIGRAINES VIRTUALLY VANISHED. SCIENTISTS AT GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY IDENTIFIED VITAMIN B AND FOLATE AS SERIOUS-HEADACHE-BUSTING SUPPLEMENTS. FOUND SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN MIGRAINE SEVERITY AND INTENSITY. RESEARCHERS FOUND THE VITAMINS REDUCE AN AMINO ACID WHICH TRIGGERS MIGRAINES. BUT THEY WARNED TREATMENT WON'T WORK FOR EVERYONE. ONLY THOSE WHO ARE GENETICALLY DISPOSED TO MIGRAINES WILL BENEFIT. THE MUTATION ONLY HAPPENS IN 20% OF MIGRAINE SUFFERERS. THE GRIFFITH TEAM IS NOW FORMULATING THE RIGHT DOSE OF FOLATE AND VITAMIN B. IN THE MEANTIME, A PREGNANCY MULTIVITAMIN CAN HELP. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, THE SHAREMARKET AND BUSINESS NEWS. THEN IN SPORT, ROGER FEDERER'S EXTRAORDINARY GRAND SLAM RUN CONTINUES. S WITH ME NOW IS DAVID CHEAPE FROM CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS. AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM OCEANA GOLD. TELL US ABOUT THIS. THIS ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. FOR MORE, GO TO ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND CLICK ON 'BUSINESS'. THEY'RE AN INTERESTING COMPANY. LISTED ON THREE STOCK EXCHANGES. AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND NZ. ALL ITS PRODUCTION FACILITIES ARE ON THE WEST COAST OF NZ. IT'S SAID THAT ITS BIG NEW PROJECT IN THE PHILIPPINES, A GOLD AND COPPER MINE, IS GOING WELL. PRODUCTION EXPECTED TO RAMP UP. AND THE ANNUAL FIGURES ARE OUT FROM THE NZ EXCHANGE. MORE ACTIVITY LAST YEAR THAN THE YEAR BEFORE? VERY MUCH SO. VOLUME OF TRADES WAS UP 22%. NZ50 INDEX WAS UP 24% BUT THE VALUE OF TRADES WAS ONLY UP 6% TO SPORT ` TENNIS. ROGER FEDERER'S SWEPT THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AFTER A STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY OVER CANADIAN MILOS RAONIC. THE HARD-HITTING 13TH SEED, IN BLACK, NOT ABLE TO UNSETLLE THE SWISS MAESTRO, WHO HASN'T DROP A SET THIS TOURNAMENT. FEDERER LOOKING IN TOTAL CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. CHEERING IT REALLY WAS A CASE OF THE MASTER AND THE APPRENTICE OUT THERE. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY GREAT TIMING. GREAT FUTURE FOR HIM. SO IT WAS A BIG MATCH FOR ME PLAYING TWO UP-AND-COMING GUYS, REALLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ESTABLISHED NOW` BY NOW, AND IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE PLAYING AGAIN HERE TONIGHT. I'M SO HAPPY THE WAY I PLAYED. THE 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 VICTORY SEES FEDERER PROGRESS TO HIS 35TH CONSECUTIVE GRAND SLAM QUARTER-FINAL, WHERE HE'LL FACE FRENCHMAN JO WILFRED-TSONGA. AND IT'S BEEN AN EVEN EASIER ROAD INTO THE FINAL EIGHT FOR BRITON ANDY MURRAY. THE BRITISH FANS ARE HAPPY, AND THEY MIGHT BE HAPPIER EVEN MORE SO AFTER THIS POINT. THE THIRD SEED CRUISING PAST AN EXHUSTED GILLES SIMON 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. IN THE WOMEN'S DRAW, SERENA WILLIAMS HAS BRUSHED PAST RUASSIAN MARIA KIRILENKO. WILLIAMS HER NORMAL DOMINANT SELF IN THE 6-2, 6-LOVE ROUT. OH. THAT WAS 3M BEHIND THE BASELINE. AND SHE GOT SO MUCH SPIN ON IT THAT IT JUST DIPPED AND DIED. WILLIAMS HAS NOW DROPPED JUST EIGHT GAMES FOR THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT AND FACES HER COMPATRIOT SLOANE STEPHENS IN THE QUARTERS. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ TO THE TOP STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE. PRINCE HARRY HAS OPENED UP IN A RARE INTERVIEW, REVEALING KILLING AFGHAN INSURGENTS WHILE ON DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN. KIM DOTCOM'S NEW MEGA WEBSITE HAS CRASHED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE ITS LAUNCH ON SUNDAY. AND ECONOMIST GARETH MORGAN IS CHAMPIONING A CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE CATS FROM NZ. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE ONE NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT 6. GOOD AFTERNOON. 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