IT'S MIDDAY. A DEFIANT ROBERT MUGABE. DESPITE PRESSURE TO RESIGN, THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT REFUSES TO STEP DOWN. COULD CCTV FOOTAGE HOLD THE KEY TO TRACKING DOWN PASSENGERS BEHIND A SHOOTING OF A WELLINGTON TAXI DRIVER? AND SMILE ` THE QUEEN AND PRINCE PHILLIP STANDING SIDE BY SIDE FOR 70 YEARS. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2017 AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. HE'S THE WORLD'S OLDEST HEAD OF STATE, BUT THE CALLS FOR ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENT, ROBERT MUGABE, TO STAND DOWN ARE GETTING LOUDER. THE RULING ZANU-PF PARTY HAS SACKED HIM AS ITS LEADER AND GIVEN HIM UNTIL 11PM NZ TIME TO STEP DOWN OR FACE IMPEACHMENT. THE 93-YEAR-OLD DEFIED EXPECTATIONS HE WOULD RESIGN DURING A NATIONAL ADDRESS JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, INSTEAD VOWING TO PRESIDE OVER HIS PARTY'S CONGRESS NEXT MONTH. THE BBC'S FERGAL KEANE REPORTS. (LIGHT, CHEERFUL MUSIC) THE VERY MUSIC SEEMED DESIGNED TO DRAIN ANY DRAMA OUT OF THE MOMENT, AND PERHAPS THE GENIALITY OF THE ENCOUNTER WAS A GIVEAWAY. ROBERT MUGABE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A MAN ABOUT TO WALK INTO THE WILDERNESS, AND HIS WORDS, DELIVERED 15 MINUTES INTO A RAMBLING ADDRESS, CONFIRMED THAT HE INTENDED TO STAY AS LEADER OF THE COUNTRY AND PARTY AT LEAST UNTIL THE PARTY CONGRESS IN DECEMBER. I WILL PRESIDE OVER ITS PROCESSES, WHICH MUST NOT BE PREPOSSESSED BY ANY ACTS CALCULATED... TO UNDERMINE IT OR TO COMPROMISE THE OUTCOMES IN THE EYES OF THE PUBLIC. THIS APPEARANCE HAS SHOCKED ZIMBABWEANS, WHO WERE PREPARING TO WITNESS HIS RESIGNATION. I THINK WE'RE BEIN' PLAYED. WE ARE BEIN' PLAYED. I FELT LET DOWN. I THINK BY NOW WE SHOULD'VE PRODUCED SOME SORT OF RESULT, BUT WE HAVE NOTHING. (CHUCKLING) IT'S LIKE WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE. I THINK THE WHOLE NATION WAS EXPECTING HIM TO RESIGN. I THINK WE'RE ALL SHOCKED. I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DEPRESSED, CONFUSED. PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I DO THINK WE'RE IN A POST-MUGABE ERA. TONIGHT, TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. (CHEERING, CLAPPING) TONIGHT'S NON-RESIGNATION DOESN'T CHANGE THE FEELING OF THE PARTY, AND IT DOESN'T REMOVE THE BITTERNESS AGAINST HIS WIFE, GRACE, AND HER FRIENDS. LOOK AT MY BACK. (LOUD CHATTER) THIS IS THE MOMENT WHEN ROBERT MUGABE LOST POWER IN HIS OWN PARTY, THE PARTY HE DOMINATED FOR SO LONG, AND HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED AS PARTY LEADER BY A MAN WHO WAS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST ALLIES FOR DECADES. A CROCODILE. THE NEW LEADER, EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, IS KNOWN AS 'THE CROCODILE', CELEBRATED HERE FOR HIS RUTHLESS CUNNING. BUT WHEN IT GETS ITS PREY... (GROWLING) (CHOMPS) (CHUCKLING) HE MAY HAVE AGREED TO PAUSE, BUT HE'S UNLIKELY TO STOP UNTIL HE OUSTS HIS OLD COMRADE. BACK HERE, AND 1 NEWS UNDERSTANDS POLICE WILL RECOVER AND REVIEW CCTV FOOTAGE TAKEN FROM INSIDE A WELLINGTON TAXI THAT WAS THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING ON SATURDAY NIGHT. A MANHUNT CONTINUES FOR A COUPLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING OF THE DRIVER WHEN HE DROPPED THEM OFF IN THE SUBURB OF MIRAMAR. THE INCIDENT IS SAID TO HAVE HAPPENED AFTER AN ARGUMENT OVER THE PRICE OF THE FARE. THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MODERATE INJURIES. INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEGUN OVER THE LOCATION OF THE 2021 AMERICA'S CUP. TEAM NZ'S FACED AN UPHILL BATTLE TO GET IT'S $190M HALSEY WHARF EXTENSION APPROVED. MAYOR PHIL GOFF IS FAVOURING THE CHEAPER OPTION OF DISPERSING BASES ACROSS EXISTING WHARVES AROUND WYNYARD QUARTER. A DECISION WILL BE MADE ON THURSDAY. PIKE RIVER MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE IS PREPARING TO PRESENT DETAILS ABOUT RE-ENTERING THE MINE TO CABINET. ANDREW LITTLE HANDED KEYS TO THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD OVER TO THE FAMILIES YESTERDAY, ON THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MINING TRAGEDY THAT CLAIMED 29 LIVES. PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN SAYS RE-ENTERING IS A PRIORITY, BUT THERE ARE RISKS THAT COME WITH IT. WE'RE LOOKING, AT THE MOMENT, ABOUT SETTING UP A LEAD AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPEDITE THIS WORK. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR AS OUR GOAL ` HOPING WE DON'T TRIP UP AGAINST ANYTHING THERE. IF WE DO, THE POINT IS WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW. FAMILIES' SPOKESPERSON SONYA ROCKHOUSE SAYS SHE'S CONFIDENT THE GOVERNMENT WILL STICK TO ITS PROMISE TO ENTER THE MINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY'LL DO THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. I KNOW IT'S BEEN REPORTED IN THE MEDIA THAT ANDREW LITTLE'S BACKTRACKING, BUT HE'S NOT. WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT. IT WAS A ROUGH START TO THE WEEK FOR INNER-CITY COMMUTERS THIS MORNING AFTER A FIRE AT A CENTRAL AUCKLAND POLYTECH CLOSED PARTS OF QUEEN ST. 50 FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE BLAZE, WHICH BROKE OUT JUST BEFORE 8 O'CLOCK. SMOKE WAS SEEN BILLOWING FROM THE BUILDING, THE FIRE FROM SPREADING. A SPOKESMAN SAYS IT STARTED IN THE KITCHEN, BUT SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. A NEW $2 BUS SERVICE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN QUEENSTOWN TODAY TO HELP EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE POPULAR TOURIST HOTSPOT. FROM ALL AROUND THE SOUTH ISLAND TO WORK FOR 'ORBUS'. HIGHER PARKING CHARGES ARE ALSO BEING INTRODUCED TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. AS OF TODAY, ALL CHRISTCHURCH-BASED COURTS AND TRIBUNALS WILL OPERATE OUT OF THE BRAND NEW $300M JUSTICE PRECINCT. OVER THE COMING WEEKS, CORRECTIONS, ST JOHN AND FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ WILL RELOCATE INTO THE PRECINCT TO COMPLETE THE MOVE. A FATHER AND HIS THREE SONS HAVE BEEN LOCATED BY POLICE AFTER THEY FAILED TO RETURN FROM A HUNTING TRIP IN NORTHLAND LAST NIGHT. FAMILY MEMBERS ALERTED POLICE AFTER THEY FOUND THE GROUP'S ABANDONED VEHICLE IN KAIKOHE. THE SEARCH AREA WAS COVERED IN THICK BUSH, BUT LOCALS HELPED FIND THE GROUP AT AROUND 10.30 THIS MORNING. OVERSEAS, AND A HUGE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION INVOLVING FIVE COUNTRIES IS UNDER WAY TO TRY AND LOCATE A MISSING ARGENTINE SUBMARINE CARRYING 44 CREW MEMBERS. IT DISAPPEARED LAST WEEK WHILE RETURNING FROM A ROUTINE MISSION TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE COUNTRY. THE BBC'S DAN JOHNSON HAS MORE. THIS IS A VESSEL DESIGNED TO PLAY HIDE AND SEEK IN THE DEEPEST DEPTHS, SO FINDING THE SAN JUAN, ITS CREW AND THE 22 TORPEDOES IT CARRIES IS A REAL CHALLENGE. FRESH SATELLITE SIGNALS ` ALBEIT WEAK ONES ` HAVE REVIVED HOPES OF RESCUE. (SPEAKS SPANISH) SEVEN CALL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, SAYS THE NAVY SPOKESMAN, BUT THEY WERE INCOMPLETE AND NEED TO BE CHECKED TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION. HE STRESSED THEY'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO FIND THE SUBMARINE, SEARCHING THE OPEN OCEAN AND THE SEABED. THIS IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. U.S. NAVY HAS FLOWN IN DEEP-SEA RESCUE EQUIPMENT, AND HMS PROTECTOR, THE ROYAL NAVY'S ANTARCTIC PATROL SHIP, HAS BEEN DIVERTED TO HELP SCAN BENEATH THE WAVES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE SAN JUAN LEFT THE SOUTHERN PORT OF USHUAIA LAST MONDAY AFTER A ROUTINE MISSION. IT WAS MAKING THE 2000-MILE JOURNEY BACK TO ITS BASE IN MAR DEL PLATA, NOT FAR FROM ARGENTINA'S CAPITAL. THE SEARCH IS FOCUSED AROUND HALFWAY, IN THE SAN JORGE GULF, WHERE THE SUBMARINE LAST MADE CONTACT ON WEDNESDAY. ONE OF THE 44 CREW MEMBERS IS ARGENTINA'S FIRST FEMALE SUBMARINER. THE BEST HOPE OF FINDING HER AND HER CREW MATES ALIVE IS THAT A POWER FAILURE KNOCKED OUT THE SUBMARINE'S COMMUNICATIONS. SIX COUNTRIES ARE NOW HUNTING FOR THE SAN JUAN, BUT IT'S LOST IN A HUGE AREA OF OCEAN, AND BAD WEATHER IS MAKING A DIFFICULT JOB EVEN HARDER. AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND FIVE INJURED IN A STAMPEDE IN MOROCCO WHILE FOOD AID WAS BEING HANDED OUT. SOME REPORTS INDICATE UP TO 40 PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN INJURED IN THE FRENZY. IT BROKE OUT IN A VILLAGE ABOUT 150KM SOUTH OF CASABLANCA. ROBOT DOCTORS ARE A STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING A REALITY AFTER A ROBOT PASSED A MEDICAL EXAM IN CHINA. SCIENTISTS SPENT THE LAST YEAR PROGRAMMING IT WITH INFORMATION FROM DOZENS OF MEDICAL BOOKS. THE ROBOT THEN SAT THE NATIONAL MEDICAL LICENSING EXAM AND PASSED, SCORING 465 OUT OF 600 POINTS. THEY WANTED FASTER INTERNET ON THEIR FARMS AND WERE FED UP WITH THE HIGH COST OF BROADBAND. THEIR SOLUTION ` TO DO IT THEMSELVES. CHANNEL NINE'S MICHAEL BEST HAS THE STORY OF SOME RURAL INTERNET PIONEERS IN NORTH WEST ENGLAND. THEIR VALLEY'S FAR MORE GREEN THAN SILICON, BUT HERE AMONG THE FARMS AND VILLAGES OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND, AN UNLIKELY TECH HUB IS FUELLING AN INTERNET REVOLUTION. IT STARTED OUTTA DESPERATION, BECAUSE WE KNEW NOTHING WOULD EVER BE DONE TO HELP THE RURAL PEOPLE. THERE WAS NO BROADBAND HERE, UNTIL CHRIS CONDER AND HER MATES CAME UP WITH A PLAN ` (ENGINE RUMBLES) THEY'D MAKE THEIR OWN FIBRE NETWORK, DIG THEIR OWN TRENCHES AND RUN THEIR OWN CABLES THROUGH THE MUDDY FIELD. SIX YEARS IN, THERE'S MORE THAN 4000 CUSTOMERS, MORE THAN 4000KM OF FIBRE OPTIC CABLE, AND THE INTERNET IS LIGHTNING FAST. IT'S 1000 MEGABITS A SECOND SYMMETRICAL. IT'S A GIGABIT SYMMETRICAL. THAT MEANS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN HD MOVIE IN JUST A FEW SECONDS. IT'S TRULY THE FASTEST SPEEDS THAT YOU CAN GET MORE OF LESS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. IT'S CALLED B4RN, A COMMUNITY-RUN COMPANY THAT NOW HAS 23 STAFF BUT HAS BEEN BUILT LARGELY ON THE LABOUR AND LOVE OF VOLUNTEERS,... (MACHINERY WHIRRS LOUDLY) ...PEOPLE LIKE RETIRED ENGINEER MARTIN WELSH. I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES IT. WHEN I'M DRIVIN' ALONG THE ROAD NOW, THE PEOPLE ARE COMIN' THE OTHER WAY, WAVIN' AT ME, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO SOME OF THEM ARE. THE VOLUNTEER LABOUR AND LOCAL FARMERS ALLOWING CABLES TO CROSS THEIR LAND KEEPS OVERHEADS DOWN. UNLIMITED HYPER-FAST BROADBAND COSTS HOUSEHOLDS $50 A MONTH, AND IT'S HELPING LOCAL BUSINESSES COMPETE IN THE ONLINE WORLD. LAST NIGHT I COULD GO ON TO FACEBOOK AND SEND OUT A POST FOR RECRUITMENT, AND I COULD DO THAT WHILST PULLING A DRINK FOR A CUSTOMER AND WORKING ON THE HOOF. IN A SET OF PEOPLE, YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE SKILLS. YOU'VE GOT ENGINEERS; YOU'VE GOT ACCOUNTANTS; YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO CAN DIG. YOU'VE GOT A BIG SKILL SET IN YOUR COMMUNITY ALREADY; YOU JUST TAP INTO THAT AND WORK TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN DO IT. OF COURSE, YOU STILL NEED DRIVE AND DETERMINATION ` SOMETHING CHRIS AND HER COLLEAGUES HAVE IN SPADES. 'PARTRIDGE FAMILY' STAR AND SINGER DAVID CASSIDY HAS BEEN HOSPITALISED WITH MULTIPLE-ORGAN FAILURE. DOCTORS SAY THE 67-YEAR-OLD IS 'NEARING HIS END' AFTER BEING PUT IN AN INDUCED COMA. EARLIER THIS YEAR, CASSIDY STOPPED TOURING AFTER REVEALING HE HAD DEMENTIA, ENDING HIS 50-YEAR CAREER. OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROCK BANDS ` ALSO BECAUSE OF DEMENTIA ` THE DEATH OF AC/DC'S FORMER GUITARIST MALCOLM YOUNG HAS TOUCHED FELLOW MUSICIANS AND FANS AROUND THE WORLD. CHANNEL NINE'S MARK BURROWS REPORTS ON HIS LEGACY. (BAND PLAYS 'IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP') ONE OF THE GREAT GUITAR RIFFS IN ROCK 'N' ROLL PLAYED BY MALCOLM YOUNG. # IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP, IF YOU WANNA ROCK AND 'N' ROLL.' MALCOLM FOUNDED AC/DC IN 1973. HE WAS JUST 20 ` BEHIND HIS BROTHER, ANGUS. IT WAS MALCOLM'S GRINDING RHYTHM GUITAR THAT FORMED THE BACKBONE OF THE BAND FOR FOUR DECADES. YOU ALWAYS THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SONG COMIN', YOU KNOW, SO AS LONG AS THAT COMES, WE'LL BE THERE. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANNA RUN AROUND AS A NOSTALGIC OLD ACT PLAYING YOUR GREATEST HITS, YOU KNOW? FOR YEARS, THERE WAS A STEADY FLOW OF NEW SONGS, BUT THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE CLASSICS. IN 2008, MALCOLM STARTED SHOWING THE FIRST SIGNS OF DEMENTIA. IT FORCED HIM TO RELEARN THE VERY RIFFS HE CREATED. BY 2014, HE HAD TO RETIRE AND WAS REPLACED BY HIS NEPHEW STEVIE. HOPING THAT IT WOULD ALL GO AWAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT THING, DEMENTIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY DON'T GO AWAY. HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HIS DEATH SAYING,... THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS ARE SET TO KICK OFF IN JUST A FEW HOURS WITH A STAR-STUDDED LIST OF PERFORMERS AND PRESENTERS. CELEBRITIES INCLUDING P!NK AND CHRISTINA AGUILERA ARE AMONG OTHERS SET TO WOW THE AUDIENCE WITH THEIR LATEST HITS. THIS IS FROM THE ABC'S MARCI GONZALEZ. (POP ROCK MUSIC) HOST TRACEE ELLIS ROSS HELPED ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THE BIG NIGHT. HER MOTHER, DIANA ROSS, IS GETTING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, MAKING THE SHOW A FAMILY AFFAIR. TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND JUST TAKE IN THAT MOMENT OF MY MOM AND HER EXTRAORDINARY CAREER BEING CELEBRATED AND HONOURED, AND THEN THE FACT THAT I'M HOSTING KIND OF TAKES THAT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. P!NK AND KELLY CLARKSON ARE OPENING THE SHOW IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED PERFORMANCE. THE P!NK PERFORMANCE SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, THAT SHE WOULD TOP ANYTHING SHE'S DONE BEFORE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS YEAR, THAT WILL HAPPEN. P!NK IS PLANNING TO SCALE A SKYSCRAPER,... THIS IS BY FAR THE CRAZIEST, MOST INSANE THING I HAVE EVER ATTEMPTED TO DO. ...GIVING FANS A SNEAK PREVIEW IN HER REHEARSAL FRIDAY NIGHT. IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. I MEAN, SHE'S UP THERE DANCING ON THE SIDE OF A BUILDING. # I'VE BEEN RUNNIN' THROUGH THE JUNGLE. SELENA GOMEZ IS ANOTHER PERFORMANCE TO WATCH FOR ` HER FIRST SINCE UNDERGOING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. MAN: I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GONNA BE THERE AND ROOTING FOR HER. I WILL BE. THIS IS ALSO GONNA BE HER FIRST BIG PERFORMANCE SHE'S DOING SINCE SHE GOT BACK WITH JUSTIN BIEBER. WHO KNOWS IF HE'S GONNA BE IN AUDIENCE CHEERING FOR HER? HOPEFULLY. AND VOCAL POWERHOUSE CHRISTINA AGUILERA IS SINGING A TRIBUTE TO WHITNEY HOUSTON FOR THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FILM 'THE BODYGUARD'. (BRUNO MARS' '24K MAGIC') AS FOR THE AWARDS THEMSELVES, BRUNO MARS IS LEADING THE PACK WITH EIGHT NOMINATIONS. BRUNO MARS WAS INESCAPABLE. I THINK HE'S REALLY GONNA COME HOME WITH THAT PRIZE. HE'S COMPETING FOR THE TOP PRIZE, 'ARTIST OF THE YEAR', AGAINST ED SHEERAN, KENDRICK LAMAR AND THE CHAINSMOKERS. NEW PHOTOS OF THE QUEEN AND HER HUSBAND, PRINCE PHILLIP, HAVE BEEN RELEASED AS THE COUPLE CELEBRATE THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THE PAIR WERE MARRIED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY IN 1947 AS BRITAIN WAS RECOVERING FROM WWII. AT THE TIME, QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS JUST 21, AND PHILLIP, A NAVAL OFFICER, WAS 26. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` ROBERT MUGABE REMAINS LEADER. SEE HOW THE WORLD REACTED TO THE ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT NOT STEPPING DOWN. AND DON'T GIVE UP ON OUR LEAGUE TEAM. THE KIWI FERNS SHOW DOMINANCE AT THE WORLD CUP. WELCOME BACK. MORE NOW ON OUR TOP STORY ` THE GROWING CALLS FOR ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO STEP DOWN AS PRESIDENT. PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE PREPARING FOR HIM TO RESIGN DURING A NATIONAL ADDRESS THIS MORNING BUT WERE LEFT SHOCKED AND FRUSTRATED WHEN HE DIDN'T. THE BBC'S SHINGAI NYOKA REPORTS. THEY CAME TO LISTEN TO WHAT PRESIDENT MUGABE HAD TO SAY. AFTER A MEETING WITH ARMY GENERALS RESPONSIBLE FOR A TAKEOVER EARLIER LAST WEEK, THEY HAD EXPECTED TO HEAR HIS RESIGNATION SPEECH. AT THIS BAR, THEY WAITED AND WAITED TO BE TOLD BY PRESIDENT MUGABE IN A STUMBLING ADDRESS... ALL THIS NOW HAS TO STOP. ...THAT HE WAS GOING NOWHERE. HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR OUR INTERESTS. HE ONLY SPEAKS FOR HIS PERSONAL INTERESTS AND HIS FAMILY. SO WHY ARE YOU SO DISAPPOINTED? WE ARE SUFFERING. WE ARE SUFFERING. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF SUFFERING. WE NEED HIM TO CHANGE HIS MIND. WE NEED HIM TO RESIGN. HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY HE'S RESIGNING OR ANYTHING, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING. PEOPLE MARCHED YESTERDAY. THEY EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS. I AM A YOUNG LAWYER IN ZIMBABWE. I'VE BEEN PRACTISING LAW FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. IT'S PATHETIC. THE COUNTRY HAS GONE TO THE DOGS. THE CONSUMMATE POLITICIAN APPEARS ` AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT AND ON THE SURFACE ` TO HAVE NEGOTIATED A DEAL ON HIS OWN TERMS. THIS IS NOT THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SOME ZIMBABWEANS WERE WAITING FOR. ROBERT MUGABE IS STILL THE PRESIDENT, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER PARLIAMENT WILL NOW BEGIN HIS IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. PEOPLE HERE TODAY WERE EXPECTING TO HEAR THE RESIGNATION THEY HAVE DEMANDED, BUT THOSE HOPES HAVE BEEN DASHED. THE WILD CELEBRATIONS WE HAVE SEEN ON THE STREETS STAND IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE SOMBRE MOOD IN HARARE TONIGHT. TO SPORT NOW, AND THE ALL BLACKS HAVE SUFFERED TWO INJURY BLOWS AHEAD OF THIS WEEKEND'S REACQUAINTANCE WITH WARREN GATLAND'S WALES. ALL BLACKS COACH STEVE HANSEN WILL BE WITHOUT LOCK LUKE ROMANO AND WINGER RIEKO IOANE FOR THE YEAR'S FINAL TEST MATCH. THE SIDE ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO CARDIFF, WITH HANSEN PHILOSOPHICAL AFTER HIS SIDE'S EDGY WIN OVER SCOTLAND. PREPARATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFICULT THING. YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT LIKE CLEANING THE WINDOWS ` YOU CLEAN THEM REALLY WELL, AND WHEN YOU'RE REALLY... DESPERATE AND URGENT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET THE CORNER BITS. WHEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T, AND YOU STILL THINK THE WINDOW'S CLEAN, BUT IT'S NOT. MEANWHILE, AFTER REPORTEDLY SNUBBING AN ALL BLACKS CALL-UP DURING THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR, WELLINGTON SKIPPER BRAD SHIELDS HAS CONFIRMED HE'S HEADING OVERSEAS. THE LOOSIE WILL JOIN ENGLISH CLUB WASPS AT THE END OF NEXT SEASON'S 'SUPER RUGBY' CAMPAIGN IN WHAT'S THOUGHT TO BE AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE ENGLAND TEST SQUAD. ENGLAND HAVE SEALED A PLACE IN THE AUCKLAND RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL THAT MANY THOUGHT THEY'D SEE THE KIWIS IN. THE ENGLISH ROARED TO A RESOUNDING 36-6 WIN OVER PAPUA NEW GUNIEA LAST NIGHT IN MELBOURNE TO CLINCH A SPOT AGAINST TONGA AT MT SMART STADIUM. THIS IS TROUBLE. Over on the corner for England. ENGLAND, HOWEVER, WILL NEED TO IRON A FEW KINKS BEFORE SQUARING OFF WITH TONGA, WAYNE BENNETT'S MEN ONLY COMPLETING JUST OVER HALF OF THEIR SETS AGAINST THE KUMULS. MEANWHILE, THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR NZ LEAGUE FANS IN THE WOMEN'S RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP. THE KIWI FERNS THRASHING PACIFIC NEIGHBOURS THE COOK ISLANDS 76-0 WITH WINGER HONEY HIREME SCORING AN INCREDIBLE 6 TRIES IN THEIR POOL B CLASH. THE EMPHATIC WIN GUARANTEEING THE KIWI FERNS THE TOP SPOT IN POOL B AND PUTS NZ'S POINTS TOTAL AT THE TOURNAMENT TO 126. THE PLAYER WHOSE CRUCIAL GOAL AGAINST BAHRAIN SENT THE ALL WHITES TO THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP, RORY FALLON, HAS OFFICIALLY RETIRED. THE STRIKER HANGING UP HIS BOOTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING NZ'S BITTER 2-0 WORLD CUP PLAY OFF LOSS TO PERU LAST WEEK. THE 35-YEAR-OLD MADE 24 APPEARANCES FOR NZ, SCORING SIX GOALS. MEANWHILE, FALLON'S FORMER ALL WHITES SKIPPER WINSTON REID HASN'T HAD A PLEASANT RETURN TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE FOLLOWING THAT MATCH IN LIMA. REID'S FIRST GAME UNDER NEW WEST HAM MANAGER DAVID MOYES IS OFF TO A ROCKY START WITH THE HAMMERS FALLING TO A 2-0 DEFEAT TO WATFORD, THE LOSS FIRMLY KEEPING THE KIWI'S SIDE IN DANGER OF RELEGATION. TO TENNIS, AND BULGARIA'S GIGOR DIMITROV HAS BEATEN DAVID GOFFIN IN THREE SETS TO CLAIM THE ATP FINALS IN LONDON THIS MORNING. THE SIXTH SEED CLAIMED THE BIGGEST TITLE OF HIS CAREER AS HE WON 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. DIMITROV'S VICTORY ALSO MAKES HISTORY AS HE BECOMES THE FIRST MAN FOR 19 YEARS TO WIN THE ATP FINALS ON HIS DEBUT APPEARANCE. THE WIN ALSO SENDS THE 26-YEAR-OLD UP THE WORLD RANKINGS, WHERE HE'LL END THE YEAR IN THIRD. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. DESPITE MOUNTING PRESSURE TO RESIGN, ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE IS YET TO STEP DOWN. PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE PREPARING FOR HIM TO RESIGN DURING A NATIONAL ADDRESS THIS MORNING, ONLY TO BE LEFT SHOCKED AND FRUSTRATED. IT'S HOPED FOOTAGE FROM INSIDE A TAXI WILL HELP FIND THE PERSON WHO SHOT A DRIVER IN WELLINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. THANKS FOR JOINING US. FROM THE TEAM BEHIND 1 NEWS MIDDAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY JULIE TAYLOR AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.