IT'S MIDDAY. COULD IT BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EVER COLLECTIVE PAY RISES? 55,000 AGED CARE WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO GET A SIGNIFICANT SALARY BUMP AFTER AN HISTORIC PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT. AND AN 'ALL-OUT WAR' COULD RESULT IF THE US MILITARY INTERVENES. UNDA THE HUNT CONTINUES ACROSS FIVE STATES IN THE US FOR THE MAN WHO POSTED THIS FOOTAGE OF A MURDER ON FACEBOOK. AHI AHI MARIE, GOOD AFTERNOON. AROUND 55,000 AGED CARE WORKERS, MOST OF THEM WOMEN, ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THEY'LL BE GETTING A BIG PAY RISE FROM THE GOVERNMENT. DETAILS OF AN HISTORIC PAY EQUITY SETTLEMENT ARE BEING REVEALED LATER TODAY, AND IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EVER COLLECTIVE PAY RISES THAT WILL COST THE GOVERNMENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. POLITICAL REPORTER ANDREA VANCE IS FOLLOWING THE STORY AND JOINS US NOW FROM PARLIAMENT. ANDREA, TALK US THROUGH WHAT COULD BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY. Good news for the 55,000 aged care workers, home support workers and disability workers, who will be celebrating a pay rise later today hopefully. It comes with a $500 million pricetag. It rises to $27 an hour on average. They argued that those workers were being paid unfairly because the field was dominated by women. After the case was taken to the courts, the government stepped in. THERE'S BEEN A NEGOTIATION GOING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, ALONGSIDE FORMULATING PAY EQUITY LEGISLATION, THROUGH A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE UNIONS, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT. SO TODAY CABINET WILL BE LOOKING AT WHERE THAT'S UP TO, AND WE MAY HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT LATER IN THE DAY. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FLOW ON EFFECTS? Cabinet will sign off officially on the deal today. There are other equal pay claims in the works. education workers are negotiating with the ministry. AMERICA IS LOOKING TO CHINA TO HELP EASE TENSIONS WITH NORTH KOREA AS PYONGYANG THREATENS AN 'ALL OUT WAR' SHOULD THE US TAKE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IT. SPEAKING FROM THE BORDER BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, US VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE HAS WARNED AMERICA'S PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN AND WILL CONSIDER ACTING ALONE IF CHINA DOESN'T STEP IN. THE BBC'S JOHN SUDWORTH REPORTS FROM PYONGYANG. NORTH KOREA IS ALL ABOUT SHOWS OF STRENGTH. THE FIRST, TODAY, CAME IN THIS TAEKWONDO DEMONSTRATION. THE NEXT, IN KIM IL-SUNG SQUARE, CLOSE TO THE CENTRE OF POWER, BY WAY OF A RARE INTERVIEW. (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: IF THE US IS RECKLESS ENOUGH TO USE MILITARY MEANS, IT WOULD MEAN, FROM THAT VERY DAY, AN ALL-OUT WAR. OUR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROTECT US FROM THAT THREAT. WE'LL BE CONDUCTING MORE MISSILE TESTS ON A WEEKLY, MONTHLY AND YEARLY BASIS. TODAY, THE US VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE PENCE, WAS IN SOUTH KOREA VISITING THE DE-MILITARIZED ZONE THAT SEPARATES THE TWO HALVES OF THIS DIVIDED PENINSULA. HE, TOO, WAS TALKING TOUGH. THERE WAS A PERIOD OF STRATEGIC PATIENCE. BUT THE ERA OF STRATEGIC PATIENCE IS OVER. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE PATIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES IN THIS REGION HAS RUN OUT. (MARCHING BAND PLAYS) BUT DESPITE THE POSTURING ON BOTH SIDES, THE RISKS ARE LIMITED. FOR THE US AND ITS ALLIES, WAR WOULD BE FAR TOO COSTLY. AND NORTH KOREA'S THREATS, ALTHOUGH DEEPLY ALARMING, ARE ALWAYS CONDITIONAL. IF YOU COULD SEND ONE MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP TODAY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? (SPEAKS KOREAN) TRANSLATOR: I'D TELL HIM THAT IF THE US ENCROACHES ON OUR SOVEREIGNTY, THEN IT WILL PROVOKE AN IMMEDIATE COUNTER-REACTION. IF THE US IS PLANNING A MILITARY ATTACK AGAINST US, WE WILL REACT WITH A NUCLEAR PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE BY OUR OWN STYLE AND METHOD. (SHOUTS) MILITARIZED, ISOLATED AND REPRESSIVE, NORTH KOREA HAS THE RIGHT TO FOLLOW ITS OWN PATH. AND, HE INSISTED, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP IT. OUR US CORRESPONDENT, REBECCA WRIGHT, EXPLAINS CHINA'S ROLE IN EASING THE TENSIONS. CHINA IS THE BROKER IN THE SITUATION. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND XI JINPING MET IN FLORIDA A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THIS WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THE TOPICS NEAR THE TOP OF THEIR AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION. CHINA IS ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES THAT CAN REALLY REIN IN PYONGYANG WITH ECONOMIC SANCTIONS. THEY'VE ALREADY STOPPED THE IMPORTATION OF COAL FROM NORTH KOREA, AND THAT IS HAVING SOME EFFECT, ANALYSTS BELIEVE. BUT THEY MAY STOP SELLING OR EXPORTING OIL INTO THE COUNTRY, AND THAT WOULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON ITS ECONOMY. BUT AS BILL ENGLISH SAID BEFORE, IT REALLY IS UP TO THE US AND CHINA TO FIND A WAY TO GET PYONGYANG AND KIM JONG-UN BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO GIVE UP HIS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME PEACEFULLY. THE MAN WHO'S CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHOOTING OF AN ELDERLY MAN AND POSTING IT ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE IS NOW BEING HUNTED ACROSS FIVE STATES IN THE US. POLICE ARE NOW OFFERING A REWARD FOR HIS ARREST. THE ABC'S ALEX PEREZ REPORTS. TONIGHT, THE DESPERATE NATIONWIDE MANHUNT FOR THE MAN WHO TOOK AND POSTED THIS VIDEO TO FACEBOOK. POLICE SAY IT SHOWS THE SENSELESS MURDER OF AN ELDERLY MAN. HE COULD BE NEARBY. HE COULD BE FAR AWAY. ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW OFFERING A $50,000 REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THE SUSPECT. I'M GONNA KILL THIS GUY RIGHT HERE. THAT OLD DUDE. IT WAS JUST AFTER 2PM ON EASTER SUNDAY WHEN POLICE WERE ALERTED TO THE SHOCKING VIDEO. STEVE STEPHENS (37) GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR AND WALKING OVER TO AN UNSUSPECTING ROBERT GODWIN SR (74). STEPHENS COLDLY EXPLAINS TO HIS VICTIM HE IS ABOUT TO SHOOT HIM BECAUSE OF A WOMAN. SHE'S THE REASON WHY THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO YOU. THE NEXT MOMENTS ARE TOO GRAPHIC TOO SHOW. POLICE RACED TO THE SCENE OF THE MURDER, BUT THE SUSPECT WAS GONE; LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF RECENT, CHILLING POSTS. INVESTIGATORS SAY IN ONE, HE SAYS HE LOST EVERYTHING TO GAMBLING. I LOST EVERYTHING. I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD, MAN. IN ANOTHER, CLAIMING TO HAVE KILLED MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE. I KILLED 13 PEOPLE, AND I'M ABOUT TO KEEP KILLING UNTIL` UNTIL` UNTIL THEY CATCH ME. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OTHER VICTIMS, BUT THE URGENT MANHUNT FOR STEPHENS HAS TEMPORARILY PUT CLEVELAND UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS ON LOCKDOWN. OFFICIALS REVEALED TODAY THAT DETECTIVES SPOKE TO STEPHENS BY PHONE, SHORTLY AFTER THE MURDER TOOK PLACE. THEY TRIED TO, OF COURSE, CONVINCE HIM TO TURN HIMSELF IN. TODAY STEPHENS' PLACE OF WORK CLOSED OUT OF CONCERN FOR EMPLOYEES SAFETY. HE MENTORED FOSTER KIDS AT A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. BACK HERE, AND AS THE CLEAN-UP IN FLOOD HIT EDGECUMBE CONTINUES, PRIME MINISTER BILL ENGLISH HAS DEFENDED THE TIMING OF AN EMERGENCY HOUSING OFFER FOR RESIDENTS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CRITICISED FOR ANNOUNCING ITS TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION SERVICE A WEEK AFTER RESIDENTS WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. WHEN YOU HAVE A DISASTER LIKE THIS, CIVIL DEFENCE ARE IN CHARGE. THERE IS A PERIOD WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET EMERGENCY HOUSING. WHEN IT BECOMES CLEARER WHAT THE SCALE OF NEED IS, TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION COMES INTO PLAY. CANTERBURY POLICE HAVE CONCERNS FOR KAIAPOI BOY (12) WHO'S BEEN MISSING SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IT'S THOUGHT KHANYE HARIMATE MIGHT BE ON HIS WAY TO CHRISTCHURCH WITH FRIENDS. ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN HIM IS ASKED TO CONTACT POLICE. EXPERTS ARE CALLING FOR MORE FUNDING AND TRAINING FOR MIDWIVES SO THEY CAN BETTER PROTECT NEW MOTHERS FROM ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. IT FOLLOWS A SURVEY WHICH FOUND ONE IN FIVE KIWI WOMEN STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AFTER HAVING A BABY. AN EXPERT'S SUGGESTING THAT MIDWIVES LACK THE KNOWLEDGE TO IDENTIFY THE WARNING SIGNS AND REFER NEW MOTHERS. SHE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT TO BETTER ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. PLEASE, CAN WE HAVE SOME FUNDING FOR MIDWIVES SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE? CAN WE HAVE FUNDING FOR SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP? A PETITION SUPPORTING THE CALLS FOR MORE FUNDING IS SET TO BE DELIVERED TO PARLIAMENT ON MOTHER'S DAY. TO TURKEY, AND INTERNATIONAL MONITORS HAVE STRONGLY CRITICISED THE REFERENDUM TO GIVE TURKEY'S PRESIDENT ERDOGAN SWEEPING NEW POWERS. THEY CONDEMNED LAST-MINUTE CHANGES TO THE WAY THE VOTE WAS COUNTED AND SAY THERE WAS STATE INTERFERENCE AND MEDIA BIAS. THE GOVERNMENT'S DISMISSED THE CLAIMS. PRESIDENT ERDOGAN NARROWLY WON WITH ONLY 51.5% OF VOTES IN HIS FAVOUR. A TEENAGE GIRL HAS DIED AFTER SHE WAS ATTACKED BY A SHARK WHILE SURFING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. THE 17-YEAR-OLD WAS PULLED UNCONSCIOUS FROM THE WATER AND HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS LEG INJURIES. SHE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BUT LATER DIED. THE ATTACK HAPPENED JUST 3KM FROM WHERE ANOTHER SURFER WAS MAULED IN 2014. FIVE PEOPLE HAVE DIED FOLLOWING A LIGHT PLANE CRASH NEAR THE PORTUGUESE CAPITAL OF LISBON. FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CAME PLUMMETING OUT OF THE SKY INTO A CARGO TRUCK, KILLING THE DRIVER ON THE GROUND. THE CRASH HAPPENED IN CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WIND AND JUST MISSED A SUPERMARKET. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. PRINCE HARRY HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES IN COPING WITH THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER PRINCESS DIANA. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, HARRY SAYS HE SPENT 20 YEARS NOT THINKING ABOUT IT BEFORE DECIDING TO SEEK COUNSELLING. THE BBC'S PETER HUNT REPORTS. PRINCE HARRY, WHO'S EMBRACED HIS MOTHER'S HUMANITARIAN CAUSES LIKE LANDMINES, IS BEHAVING IN A WAY THAT'S RARE FOR ROYALS. HE'S THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE PERSON YET TO TALK ABOUT THE MENTAL ANGUISH HE'S SUFFERED. IN 1997, AS THE WORLD QUITE LITERALLY WATCHED, THE CHILD PRINCE WALKED BEHIND THE COFFIN OF DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, WHO WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN PARIS. HARRY'S ONLY NOW TALKING PUBLICLY ABOUT THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF HIS MOTHER'S DEATH. PRINCE HARRY: I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT LOSING MY MUM AT THE AGE OF 12 AND THEREFORE SHUTTING DOWN ALL OF MY EMOTIONS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS HAD A QUITE SERIOUS EFFECT ON NOT ONLY MY PERSONAL LIFE BUT ALSO MY WORK AS WELL. MY WAY OF DEALING WITH IT WAS REFUSING TO EVER THINK ABOUT MY MUM, BECAUSE WHY WOULD THAT HELP? IT'S ONLY GOING TO MAKE YOU SAD. IT'S NOT GOING TO BRING HER BACK. (ALL LAUGH) HARRY'S FAILURE TO CONFRONT THE LOSS OF HIS FUN-LOVING MUM HAS MEANT HE'S SUFFERED FROM ANXIETY AND COME CLOSE TO A BREAKDOWN. IT WAS HIS BROTHER, PRINCE WILLIAM, WHO ENCOURAGED HIM TO SEE A COUNSELLOR. ALL OF A SUDDEN, ALL OF THIS GRIEF THAT I'D NEVER PROCESSED HAD COME TO THE FOREFRONT. I WAS LIKE, 'THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF STUFF HERE THAT I NEED TO DEAL WITH.' IT WAS 20 YEARS OF NOT THINKING ABOUT IT AND THEN TWO YEARS OF TOTAL CHAOS. AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE, THE EASIEST PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO IS A SHRINK ` OR WHOEVER THE AMERICANS CALL THE SHRINKS ` SOMEONE YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE. YOU SIT DOWN, AND YOU SAY, 'LISTEN, I DON'T ACTUALLY NEED YOUR ADVICE. JUST LISTEN.' AND YOU JUST LET IT ALL RIP. WOMAN: AND YOU'VE DONE THAT, HAVE YOU? I'VE DONE THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES. (LAUGHS) WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? BUT IT'S GREAT. FOR SOMEONE IN THE PUBLIC EYE LIKE PRINCE HARRY, WHO HAS SUCH A BIG REACH, TO DO THAT AND FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN TERMS OF ATTACKING THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. IT WAS SOMETHING HIS MOTHER TRIED WHEN SHE SPOKE ABOUT SELF-HARMING AND HER EATING DISORDER. A GENERATION ON, THE STIFF UPPER-LIP IS ONCE AGAIN BEING ABANDONED. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, A LENDING HAND FOR SURGEONS. MORE AND MORE DOCTORS ARE TRAINED TO USE ROBOTS TO HELP IMPROVE ON PATIENT CARE, BUT AT WHAT COST? AND ARSENAL KEEP ALIVE THEIR HOPES OF FINISHING IN THE TOP FOUR OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE. Hi, Holly. Come on through, please. Just press the button every time you hear a beep. BEEP! Surprise, Mummy! Surprise, Mummy. (CHUCKLES) You are everything to us, to our family, eh? Yep. And how does it make you feel that Mummy's ear's broken? Sad. (SNIFFLES) It's the simple things you don't hear and the little things that you miss out on, like hearing our children. Right. (CHUCKLES) (CHUCKLES) Right. Something as little as a free hearing check can make a big difference. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE'S FIRST ROBOTIC SURGERY TRAINING FACILITY HAS OPENED IN SYDNEY, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHETHER THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY IS BETTER THAN NORMAL SURGERY. THE ABC'S ANTOINETTE LATTOUF REPORTS. THIS COULD BECOME THE NORM FOR SURGEONS ` OPERATING METRES AWAY FROM A PATIENT WHILE GUIDING ROBOTIC ARMS. ROBOTIC SURGERY ALLOWS US TO PERFORM COMPLEX PROCEDURES AT A DISTANCE AND WITH GREAT PRECISION. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, THESE MACHINES HAVE LARGELY BEEN USED IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO TREAT PROSTATE CANCER AND HEART FAILURE, BUT SURGEONS HAD TO TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA FOR TRAINING. IT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR LOCAL SURGEONS FROM AUSTRALIA TO TRAVEL THERE WITH THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE. WE WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TEACH ROBOTIC SURGERY AND HOW TO TEACH IT BETTER. WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE BENEFITS TO THE PATIENTS ARE. A FEW MONTHS AGO, TERRY LAGOGIANE BECAME NEW SOUTH WALES' FIRST PUBLIC PATIENT TO HAVE A ROBOTIC PROCEDURE FOR PROSTATE CANCER. THE 69-YEAR-OLD WAS RELIEVED THAT HE DIDN'T NEED CHEMOTHERAPY AND WAS ABLE TO GO HOME WITHIN 24 HOURS. VERY HAPPY. NO SCARS. BUT ONE RECENT AUSTRALIAN STUDY QUESTIONS THE VALUE OF USING ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT PROSTATE CANCER. THREE MONTHS AFTER A ROBOTIC OPERATION, THE STUDY SHOWED THERE WASN'T MUCH DIFFERENCE IN URINARY AND BOWEL FUNCTIONS OR RECOVERY TIME. A ROBOT LIKE THIS COSTS AROUND $4M, BUT IT'S NOT YET KNOWN WHETHER THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM HEALTH BENEFITS IT PROVIDES IN SURGERY JUSTIFIES THE BOTTOM LINE. THAT'S THE NEXT BIG QUESTION MEDICAL RESEARCHERS HOPE TO ANSWER. INFORMATION THAT WILL ALSO HELP PATIENTS DETERMINE IF ROBOTIC SURGERY IS RIGHT FOR THEM. MEMENTOS FROM SIR PETER SNELL'S SHINING SPORTING CAREER HAVE BEEN GIFTED TO NEW ZEALAND. THE OLYMPIC GREAT'S DONATED 14 ITEMS TO TE PAPA MUSEUM, INCLUDING TWO OF HIS GOLD MEDALS AND ONE OF THE SHOES HE WORE WHILE WINNING GOLD IN ROME. TEXAS-BASED SIR PETER PRESENTED THE MEMORABILIA AT A CEREMONY THIS MORNING, WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS 'VERY MOVING'. THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL MOMENT FOR ME, VERY MUCH SO. AND I HAVE TO CONFESS FEELING SOMEWHAT GUILTY ABOUT NOT LIVING HERE. SO WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS DONE FOR ME HAS ALLOWED ME TO FEEL AT LEAST NEW ZEALANDERS FEEL THAT I DO REALLY LOVE THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS IS PROOF OF IT. THE COLLECTION WILL BE ON DISPLAY TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL THE END OF JULY. MEANWHILE, SIR PETER FACES HIS NEXT SPORTING CHALLENGE THIS FRIDAY, WHEN HE COMPETES AT WORLD MASTERS GAMES IN TABLE TENNIS. TO SPORT, AND SONNY BILL WILLIAM'S STYLE OF TAPING OVER UNWANTED LOGO'S SPREAD TO THE WELLINGTON SAINTS BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY COVERED THE NBL LOGO DURING THEIR WIN OVER THE CANTERBURY RAMS, PROTESTING AGAINST BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND'S DECISION TO NAME THEIR TEAMMATE AS AN IMPORT PLAYER. AUSTRALIAN BORN JOSH DUINKER PLAYED THE FIRST SIX GAMES AS A LOCAL, THANKS TO HIS NEW ZEALAND PASSPORT, BUT IT'S BEEN CHANGED AFTER DISCOVERING HE PLAYED FOR THE NETHERLANDS IN 2013. THE PARRAMATTA EELS HAVE ENDED THEIR FOUR-GAME NRL LOSING STREAK WITH A 26-22 WIN OVER THE WESTS TIGERS AT ANZ STADIUM. AFTER TRAILING 22-10 WITH 25 MINUTES TO PLAY, THE EELS SCORED THREE TRIES TO TAKE CONTROL, STAGING A DRAMATIC COMEBACK. NOW HERE'S A CHANCE. HE'S AWAY AGAIN! GIVES IT TO JOSH HOFFMAN! HE POPS IT. KEEPS IT ALIVE. NOBODY IN FRONT OF HIM! PARRAMATTA GO THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD, AMD THEY'VE TAKEN THE LEAD! THE WIN MOVES THE EELS INTO 10TH SPOT ON THE NRL TABLE. TO NETBALL, THE CENTRAL PULSE NOTCHED-UP THEIR THIRD WIN IN THE NATIONAL PREMIERSHIP OVERNIGHT, OUTSHINING THE NORTHERN STARS 53-44. DESPITE HAVING HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE, THE STARS STRUGGLED FOR FLOW AGAINST A FORMIDABLE PULSE DEFENCE. IT'S REASSURING THAT THAT PATIENCE FROM YOUNG HEADS IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. FROM FROM D TO ATTACK. YEAH, SUPER PROUD OF THE GIRLS AND THE WAY THEY HELD ON. THAT'S AN EXPERIENCED DEFENSIVE LINE-UP THAT THE STARS HAVE. YEAH, THEY SHOWED A PRETTY GOOD MENTAL EFFORT. THE WIN MOVING THE CENTRAL PULSE TO SECOND ON THE PREMIERSHIP TABLE BEHIND THE UNBEATEN SOUTHERN STEEL. THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS EMERGED VICTORIOUS WITH A FOUR-WICKET WIN OVER THE DELHI DAREDEVILS THIS MORNING. BLACKCAPS ALL-ROUNDER COLIN DE GRANDHOME TOOK A CRUCIAL WICKET, UNLEASHING THIS THROW WITH DEADLY PRECISION. (CROWD ROARS) THAT'S A GONER, I THINK. HE'S DIVED FOR IT, BUT THAT THROW WAS BANG ON TOP OF THE STUMPS. MADE IT EASY FOR THE WICKET KEEPER. DEFINITELY SHORT. HE'S A GONER. MEANWHILE, KINGS 11 PUNJAB WON'T BE HAPPY WITH THEIR THIRD LOSS IN THE COMPETITION., FALLING TO SUNRISERS HYDERBAD BY FIVE RUNS. TO THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, AND ARSENAL HAVE ENDED THEIR RUN OF FOUR AWAY DEFEATS IN A ROW. THEIR NARROW 2-1 VICTORY OVER MIDDLESBOROUGH PUTS THEM IN SIXTH PLACE, STILL IN CONTENTION FOR A TOP FOUR FINISH. BUT MIDDLESBOROUGH SIT DEEP IN THE RELEGATION ZONE, 6 POINTS FROM SAFETY. BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION WILL FINALLY RETURN TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1983. THEY HAD A THRILLING 2-1 WIN OVER WIGAN ATHLETIC, HELPING THEM INTO THE TOP TIER OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON. BBC'S ANDY SWISS HAS THE STORY. (ALL CHANT) A DAY FOR THE SO-CALLED SEAGULLS TO MAKE SOME NOISE. AND WHEN YOU'VE WAITED 34 YEARS, WHO COULD BLAME THEM? IN THAT TIME, BRIGHTON HAVE TUMBLED TO THE BRINK OF OBLIVION. BUT WHEN SOLLY MARCH SEALED A 2-1 WIN, THEIR REMARKABLE RISE WAS COMPLETE. AT THE FINAL WHISTLE, THE FANS FLOODED ON TO THE PITCH FOR AN IMPROMPTU PROMOTION PARTY, ENGULFING THE PLAYERS, AND IN DEFENDER LEWIS DUNK'S CASE, REMOVING PRETTY MUCH ALL OF HIS CLOTHES. CELEBRATIONS AT THEIR MOST UNFETTERED FOR THE FANS. FINALLY THE PREMIER LEAGUE AWAITS. MORE MONEY, MORE BETTER PLAYERS. THE WHOLE THING'S JUST FANTASTIC. BEST DAY EVER. WE'VE BEEN WAITING 34 YEARS, AND FINALLY WE'RE HERE NOW. UNBELIEVABLE. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. BEST DAY OF ME LIFE ` NEARLY, APART FROM ME WIFE AND ME KIDS. BRIGHTON WERE LAST IN A TOP FLIGHT IN 1983, WHEN THEY ALSO REACHED THE FA CUP FINAL AND MIGHT'VE WON IT. IT'S SMITH! AND GOAL IS SAVED! BUT AFTER THAT LAST-GASP MISS, THEY LOST A REPLAY TO MANCHESTER UNITED AND WENT INTO FREE-FALL. IN 1997, THEY WERE NEARLY LIQUIDATED; THEY HAD TO PLAY AT A LOCAL ATHLETICS TRACK. BUT NOW WITH A NEW GLEAMING STADIUM, HOW THOSE FRUSTRATIONS HAVE FADED. IT'S AN AMAZING DAY FOR EVERYONE ` ONE THAT WE'LL REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. AND TO DO IT WITH THIS GROUP OF PLAYERS, THIS GROUP OF STAFF, CHAIRMEN AND THE FANS, IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL CLUB. FOR BOTH THE FANS AND THE PLAYERS, THEN, ONCE AGAIN, THE BIG TIME BECKONS. (ALL CHANT) STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT A REMINDER OF OUR TOP STORIES ` 55,000 AGED-CARE WORKERS EAGERLY AWAIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT ABOUT A SALARY BUMP. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST EVER COLLECTIVE RISE. AND DESPITE WARNINGS FROM THE US, NORTH KOREA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO TEST MISSILES ON A WEEKLY BASIS. A MIXED BAG. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THANKS FOR YOUR COMPANY. FROM THE MIDDAY NEWS TEAM, HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JAKE EBDALE AND CHELSEA THORESEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017