IT'S MIDDAY. A MOMENTOUS BREAKTHROUGH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S ` THE NEW DRUG THAT COULD SLOW THE PROGRESS OF THE DISEASE; WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ALMOST 70,000 NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA. AS WINTER TAKES HOLD AND UKRAINE STRUGGLES WITHOUT BASIC SERVICES, RUSSIAN TROOPS SURRENDER FROM THE CONFLICT ` THE HOTLINE SET UP TO HELP THEM LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS. AND FLEETWOOD MAC'S CHRISTINE MCVIE DIES AT THE AGE OF 79. # I WANT TO BE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE. # CAPTIONS BY STACEY SPARY AND FAITH HAMBLYN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2022. KIA ORA. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE RESULTS OF A CLINICAL TRIAL ARE BEING CALLED A MOMENTOUS BREAKTHROUGH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S. THE DRUG, LECANEMAB, APPEARS TO SLOW THE DISEASE, THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA. IT ONLY WORKS IN THE EARLY STAGES AND DOES HAVE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS, BUT SCIENTISTS HOPE IT HERALDS A NEW ERA OF TREATMENT AFTER DECADES OF FAILURE. BBC'S FERGUS WALSH WITH MORE. COULD YOU GET THE BROCCOLI OUT OF THE FRIDGE FOR ME, PLEASE, LOVE? YEAH. OK. DAVID ESSAM IS 78 AND HAS EARLY STAGE ALZHEIMER'S. IT'S TAKEN AWAY HIS INDEPENDENCE. HE'S NOW TOTALLY RELIANT ON ME OR OTHER PEOPLE AROUND HIM. HE USED TO BE A JOINER, BUT NO LONGER REMEMBERS HOW TO USE HIS WOODWORKING TOOLS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE STILL BEEN MAKING MY FURNITURE, WHICH I CAN'T DO. SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU THE HIPPOCAMPUS. AND THAT'S WHERE ALL OUR SHORT TERM MEMORY IS STORED. AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT STRUCTURE IS VERY SMALL AND SHRUNKEN AND REPLACED BY FLUID BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE. ALZHEIMER'S GRADUALLY DESTROYS KEY AREAS OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN MEMORY AND UNDERSTANDING. DAVID IS ONE OF NEARLY 2000 PATIENTS WHO TOOK PART IN A MAJOR TRIAL OF A NEW DRUG, LECANEMAB. AS NORMAL IF YOU JUST LIFT YOUR ARM UP THERE FOR ME. IT INVOLVED HAVING AN INFUSION EVERY TWO WEEKS. LECANEMAB DIDN'T STOP ALZHEIMER'S. I'LL JUST GET YOU STARTED HERE. BUT OVER 18 MONTHS, IT SLOWED ITS PROGRESSION BY ABOUT A QUARTER. THIS IS SO EXCITING BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING RESULTS. THE FIRST RESULTS THAT ARE INDICATING THAT THE DRUG IS SUCCESSFULLY TREATING THE UNDERLYING CAUSE AND IS SLOWING DOWN THE SYMPTOMS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ALSO THE BEHAVIOURAL SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. IN ALZHEIMER'S, PROGRESSIVE DAMAGE IS INFLICTED ON THE BRAIN BY THE BUILD UP OF A ROGUE PROTEIN CALLED AMYLOID. LECANEMAB WORKS BY CLEARING AMYLOID FROM THE BRAIN. DAVID AND HIS WIFE, CHERYL, CAN'T BE SURE IF THE DRUG IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE, BUT THEY ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE TRIAL. IF SOMEBODY CAN SLOW IT DOWN AND THEN EVENTUALLY GET IT STOPPED ALTOGETHER, YOU KNOW. THAT WOULD BE BRILLIANT. LECANEMAB IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP THOSE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DISEASE. BUT IF IT GETS APPROVED, THAT WILL STILL MEAN THERE'LL BE A HUGE DEMAND FOR THE DRUG. THE MANUFACTURER SAYS IT COULD BE ON THE MARKET NEXT YEAR. YOU LOOK GOOD WHEN YOU LAUGH. (CHUCKLES) YOU LOOK HAPPY. THE DRUG HAS POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS, SUCH AS BRAIN SWELLING. BUT DESPITE ALL THE LIMITATIONS, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S. A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WORKPLACES HEALTHIER FOR ALL. THAT'S ONE ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW FAIR PAY AGREEMENTS THAT TAKE EFFECT FROM TODAY. HOSPITALITY WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS AND SUPERMARKET WORKERS WILL BE THE FIRST SECTORS TO UNDERGO THE PROCESS ` WHICH AIMS TO IMPROVE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS. ELIGIBLE UNIONS CAN NOW INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS FOR MINIMUM EMPLOYMENT TERMS ON BEHALF OF ALL EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WITHIN AN INDUSTRY OR OCCUPATION. IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT NO MATTER WHERE I GO, OR ANYONE GOES WHO WORKS IN, SORT OF, HOSPITALITY, THEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT THERE ARE, SORT OF, SIMILAR BASE RATES. COS WHAT FPAs DO IS THEY SET A NEW MINIMUM FLOOR, WHICH CAN THEN BE NEGOTIATED UP ON HIGHER THAN THAT. ONE BUS DRIVER TOLD 1 NEWS THE NEW AGREEMENTS ARE ABOUT MORE THAN JUST PAY AND BELIEVES IT'S TIME THEIR CONCERNS ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SAFER` TRAIN OUR DRIVERS AND UPSKILLING THEM. THINGS LIKE ANGER MANAGEMENT. HOW TO DEAL WITH ANGRY PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. (LAUGHS) WE COME ACROSS A LOT OF THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. SO, YEAH. IT GIVES THE RESOURCES TO THE OPERATORS TO TRAIN OUR DRIVERS. ONCE THE BARGAINING PROCESS IS INITIATED, THOSE INVOLVED VOTE ON THE TERMS AND WHEN FINALISED, THE FPA IS PUT INTO PLACE. AS THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS CONTINUES, A GROWING NUMBER OF KIWIS ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY BACK DEBT. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEHIND ON REPAYMENTS CLIMBED 5% IN OCTOBER ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND 4% OF CONSUMERS WITH CREDIT ARE MORE THAN 30 DAYS OVERDUE, ACCORDING TO CENTRIX. KEITH MCLAUGHLIN FROM CENTRIX SAYS THE MOST DRAMATIC CHANGE IS FOR THOSE STRUGGLING TO REPAY MORTGAGES. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE FINDING IS THAT HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOW STARTING TO FEEL THE PRESSURE. THAT'S THE PRESSURE OF INCREASED MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES, ALSO THE INCREASE IN THE COST IN LIVING. SO I THINK THOSE FACTORS ARE STARTING TO PLAY OUT ON THE HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS. AND WHEN THINGS GET SQUEEZED, PAYMENTS START TO SLIP. HE SAID THERE MAY BE EVEN MORE PRESSURE IN COMING MONTHS AS PEOPLE FIGHT TO REPAY DEBTS. THE GOVERNMENT'S JUST ANNOUNCED POLICE WILL HAVE MORE TOOLS TO HELP DEAL WITH FLEEING DRIVERS. THIS INCLUDES INCREASING THE DISQUALIFICATION PERIOD FOR REPEAT OFFENCES AND CHANGING THE LAW SO OFFENDERS COULD HAVE THEIR VEHICLE PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM THE ROAD. IT ALSO ALLOWS POLICE TO IMPOUND A VEHICLE FOR A MONTH IF THE OWNER PROVIDES FALSE INFORMATION. JUSTICE MINISTER KIRI ALLAN SAYS NOW, PUT SIMPLY, IF YOU CHOOSE TO FLEE FROM POLICE, THEN BE PREPARED TO LOSE YOUR CAR. POLICE HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF 15 PROPERTIES IN WELLINGTON BELONGING TO TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN A BURGLARY RING. IT COMES OFF THE BACK OF "OPERATION TRUMP CARD" WHICH SAW THE POLICE RESCUE ALL THIS ` NEARLY 3000 STOLEN ITEMS. THE HAUL INCLUDED BIKES, BATHS AND EVEN A BONSAI PLANT. THERE WERE ALSO AROUND A THOUSAND POWER TOOLS. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THESE STOLEN GOODS AND URGE THE PUBLIC TO FILE A MISSING ITEM REPORT TO GET THEIR ITEMS BACK. FROM TODAY PHARMAC HAS DROPPED ALL FUNDING RESTRICTIONS FOR HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY. MANY NEW ZEALANDERS WHO NEED PROGESTERONE ARE SET TO BENEFIT, INCLUDING FOR THE TREATMENT OF MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS. DOCTOR LINDA DEAR SAYS IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP IN REMOVING BARRIERS FOR WOMEN. ON AVERAGE IT WAS ABOUT $30 TO $40 A MONTH WHICH, OBVIOUSLY, FOR SOME WOMEN, WAS NOT AFFORDABLE. SO WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPTION, YOU KNOW, AND SAY THIS IS AVAILABLE. BUT THEIR DECISION AND WHAT THEY CHOSE WAS ACTUALLY BASED MORE ON FINANCIAL REASONS RATHER THAN WHICH WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM. SO IT'S REALLY GOOD NOW THAT IT'S FULLY FUNDED. PHARMAC SAYS THE MOVE WILL HELP THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WHO CANNOT USE CURRENTLY FUNDED OPTIONS. FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS FINALLY RELEASED HIS TAX RETURNS, AFTER YEARS OF REFUSING TO RELEASE THEM. IT COMES JUST A WEEK AFTER THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED HIS ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK THE HOUSE COMMITTEE FROM GETTING THE RECORDS. THE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN SEEKING TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS SINCE 2019. A UKRAINIAN MP SAYS CIVILIANS IN THE CAPITAL, KYIV, ARE STRUGGLING WITHOUT MANY BASIC SERVICES. REPEATED RUSSIAN STRIKES HAVE DAMAGED MUCH OF UKRAINE'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WINTER IS COMPLICATING HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. SURROUNDING COUNTRIES ARE PREPARING MORE EMERGENCY SHELTERS. GERMAN AUTHORITIES ESTIMATE THEY COULD SEE UP TO 10,000 MORE REFUGEES, AS FREEZING TEMPERATURES GRIP UKRAINE. AS OF RIGHT NOW IN KYIV, HALF OF THE DAY, YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. IF YOU ARE LUCKY, YOU HAVE HEAT, BUT NOT EVERYWHERE. AND THERE ARE ISSUES WITH RUNNING WATER. SO IT'S BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER FOR PEOPLE JUST TO GENERALLY EXIST AND LIVE. THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS A NEW HOTLINE FOR RUSSIAN TROOPS TO SURRENDER IS GETTING MORE THAN A HUNDRED CALLS A DAY. THE BBC'S JAMES WATERHOUSE HAS BEEN LISTENING TO SOME OF THE CALLS. A UKRAINIAN MESSAGE FOR RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ` 'WHAT ARE YOU FIGHTING FOR,' ASKS THIS PROPAGANDA VIDEO. AT ONE POINT, IT OFFERS CASH FOR GIVING UP WEAPONS OR MACHINERY, BEFORE TWO NUMBERS APPEAR ` UKRAINE'S SURRENDER HOTLINE. FROM FRONTLINE TO PHONE LINE, THIS SECRETIVE OPERATION TAKES PLACE IN KIEV. ONE CALL OPERATOR, WHO WE'VE KEPT ANONYMOUS, SAYS SHE GETS UP TO A HUNDRED INQUIRIES A DAY. TRANSLATOR: THERE ARE DIFFERENT CALLS. THEY TEND TO HAPPEN MORE IN THE EVENING OR NIGHT-TIME. IT'S BECAUSE, SHE SAYS, IT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY'RE ALONE. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN SOME RECORDINGS AND USED ACTORS TO VOICE THEM. (PHONE LINE RINGS) HELLO. THIS IS THE CENTRE FOR SURRENDER INTO CAPTIVITY. HELLO. I WAS GIVEN THIS NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER. I'M IN KHERSON REGION. FIRST, CAN YOU PLEASE GO ON TELEGRAM, FIND THE 'I WANT TO LIVE' CHAT BOX AND COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE. I CAN'T. THEY TOOK OUR PHONES. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WHEN UKRAINIANS COME. DO I DROP TO MY KNEES OR WHAT? WHEN YOU'RE ON THE FRONTLINE, CALL US RIGHT AWAY. I'M NOT ALONE HERE. THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THEY SAY HERE IN RUSSIA, THEY WILL PUT US TO JAIL FOR 10 YEARS. TRANSLATOR: OFTEN IT'S PART DESPERATE, PART FRUSTRATED OR LOST BECAUSE THEY DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE HOTLINE WORKS AND WHETHER IT'S NOT JUST A SETUP. ONCE THEY'RE LOCATED, MORE INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN. WE'RE NOT TOLD WHAT THEY ARE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN MOBILISED YET, BUT WE ARE ALREADY HERE. I WILL PURPOSEFULLY SPEAK IN A CONVOLUTED WAY. WHEN DO I CALL? FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SAVE TIME, GO TO OUR TELEGRAM CHAT ROOM CALLED 'I WANT TO LIVE'. SO IT'S NOT FAKE? IF THE ONLY CHANNEL WHERE ALL OFFICIAL INFORMATION IS POSTED ABOUT PROCEDURES AND HOW THINGS HAPPEN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, BECAUSE IT IDENTIFIES YOU. AND WE REALLY RECOMMEND YOU HAVING AN OLD PHONE HANDSET ON YOU. OK. I'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. THANK YOU. GOODBYE. THIS IS A BIG PART OF THE INFORMATION WAR. BOTH SIDES NEED PRISONERS OF WAR TO FREE THEIR OWN AND QUIETING CRITICS. FOR OUTNUMBERED UKRAINE, IT'S HOPED THIS HELP LINE WILL WEAKEN THEIR BIGGER OPPONENTS. IN THE CHINESE CITY OF GUANGZHOU, COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS HAVE BEEN ABRUPTLY LIFTED IN ABOUT HALF OF ITS DISTRICTS. BUT UNREST CONTINUES ` FOOTAGE CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWS SECURITY PERSONNEL IN HAZMAT SUITS TAKING COVER UNDER RIOT SHIELDS. THE DISTURBANCE WAS IN THE HAIZHU DISTRICT, WHERE MUCH OF THE AREA HAS BEEN IN LOCKDOWN SINCE LATE OCTOBER. OTHER FOOTAGE SHOWS CROWDS TOPPLING PCR TESTING TENTS. AND FORMER CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 96. ACCORDING TO CHINESE STATE MEDIA, HE DIED IN SHANGHAI FROM LEUKAEMIA AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE. MR JIANG WAS HANDPICKED TO LEAD CHINA AFTER THE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE PROTESTS AND PRESIDED OVER A DECADE OF SOARING ECONOMIC GROWTH. HE VISITED NEW ZEALAND IN 1999. ALLEGATIONS OF RACISM WITHIN BUCKINGHAM PALACE HAVE AGAIN ROCKED THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. PRINCE WILLIAM'S GODMOTHER HAS RESIGNED AFTER SHE REPEATEDLY ASKED A CHARITY BOSS WHERE SHE WAS REALLY FROM. BBC'S NICHOLAS WITCHELL REPORTS. BUCKINGHAM PALACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A RECEPTION TO HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HOSTED BY THE QUEEN CONSORT. STANDING NEXT TO CAMILLA HERE AND WITH HER BACK TO THE CAMERA WAS NGOZI FULANI. SHE'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF SISTAH SPACE AND A PROMINENT ADVOCATE FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. ALSO AT THE RECEPTION WAS LADY SUSAN HUSSEY, ON THE LEFT HERE. SHE WAS A LADY IN WAITING TO THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS AND IS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD. ACCORDING TO MISS FULANI, THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN. LADY SUSAN HUSSEY ` 'WHERE ARE YOU FROM?' MISS FULANI ` 'SISTAH SPACE.' LADY HUSSEY WENT ON ` 'NO, BUT WHAT NATIONALITY ARE YOU?' LADY HUSSEY ` MISS FULANI ` ANOTHER GUEST AT THE RECEPTION HEARD THE EXCHANGE. YOU CAN BE PRETTY SURE THAT A WHITE WOMAN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE RECEIVING END OF A LINE OF QUESTIONING LIKE THAT. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAID IT TOOK THE WHOLE INCIDENT EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. IT WENT ON,... LADY SUSAN HUSSEY HAS GIVEN YEARS OF DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. SHE'S GODMOTHER TO PRINCE WILLIAM. SHE SAID NOTHING FURTHER ABOUT THE INCIDENT. NGOZI FULANI, SEEN HERE TALKING TO THE QUEEN CONSORT YESTERDAY, HAS ACCUSED BUCKINGHAM PALACE OF BEING INSTITUTIONALLY RACIST. AND INTO THIS TONIGHT HAVE STEPPED THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. THEY'VE JUST ARRIVED ON A BA FLIGHT INTO BOSTON. WILLIAM'S SPOKESMAN HAS SAID RACISM HAS NO PLACE IN BRITISH SOCIETY AND IT WAS RIGHT THAT LADY HUSSEY HAD STEPPED ASIDE. IT ALL AMOUNTS TO AN UNCOMFORTABLE REMINDER AT THE START OF WILLIAM AND KATHERINE'S U.S. VISIT OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT RACIST ATTITUDES BY THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` THEIR WORST RESULT IN 16 TOURNAMENTS ` THE BLACK SOX CRASH OUT OF THE SOFTBALL WORLD CUP. PLUS ` ABSOLUTE SCENES IN MELBOURNE AS THE SOCCEROOS MAKE HISTORY IN QATAR. Special K. Rise with us. (ENERGETIC MUSIC) Rise with: Rise with: Set goals then kick them. WELCOME BACK. SINGER SONGWRITER CHRISTINE MCVIE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 79. BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF FLEETWOOD MAC, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THEIR BAND'S BIGGEST HITS. HERE'S THE BBC'S DAVID STILLITO. (BAND PLAY 'DON'T STOP') FLEETWOOD MAC AND 'DON'T STOP', THE SONG BILL CLINTON CHOSE AS HIS CAMPAIGN ANTHEM. # JUST THINK WHAT TOMORROW WILL DO. ALL: # DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW. # DON'T STOP. IT'LL SOON BE HERE. # IT'LL BE BETTER THAN BEFORE. # YESTERDAY'S GONE. YESTERDAY'S GONE. # THE SONGWRITER ` CHRISTINE MCVIE. SHE'D BEEN PART OF THE BRITISH BLUES SCENE IN THE '60S, WITH THE BAND CHICKEN SHACK, AND ALSO AS A SOLO ARTIST, BEFORE JOINING MICK FLEETWOOD AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN MCVIE. SHE HAD A GIFT FOR WRITING HITS. BOTH: # TELL ME LIES. TELL ME SWEET LITTLE LIES. 'LITTLE LIES', 'EVERYWHERE', 'YOU MAKE LOVING FUN' ` MANY OF THE BAND'S BEST-KNOWN SONGS WERE HER WORK. BUT SHE TIRED OF THE ENDLESS TOURING. ALL: # YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY. # GO YOUR OWN WAY. # IT WAS A LONG BREAK, BUT SHE REJOINED THE BAND IN 2014. # AND I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU LIKE NEVER BEFORE. # FLEETWOOD MAC HAS HAD MANY UPS AND DOWNS, BUT THEIR SUCCESS OWES MUCH TO THE SONGWRITING SKILL OF CHRISTINE MCVIE. IN A STATEMENT, THE BAND SAID THEY WERE SO LUCKY TO HAVE A LIFE WITH HER. TO SPORT AND THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP'S STARTING TO HEAT UP IN QATAR. MORE TEAMS HAVE LOCKED IN THEIR PLACES IN THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS AND OTHERS ARE HEADING. AUSTRALIA'S THROUGH ` SPARKING CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE TASMAN. LACHIE MCLEOD HAS THE DAYS ACTION. THIS IS HOW MUCH IT MEANS. PURE AUSSIE JOY! AUSTRALIAN FANS UP EARLY IN MELBOURNE'S FEDERATION SQUARE, CELEBRATING THE SOCCEROOS' WIN AT 3.30 IN THE MORNING. THE 1-0 VICTORY OVER DENMARK JUST THE SECOND TIME AUSTRALIA HAS PROGRESSED PAST THE GROUP STAGE IN THEIR WORLD CUP HISTORY. IT'S AUSTRALIA DAY AT THE WORLD CUP FINALS. ANOTHER GREEN AND GOLDEN GENERATION IS BORN. THEY HAVE WINGER MATHEW LECKIE TO THANK FOR THE WIN, BEATING THE DANISH DEFENCE WITH SOME FANCY FOOTWORK. MATHEW LECKIE! WHAT A GOAL. I THINK BY THE CELEBRATION, YOU SEE HOW MUCH EMOTION THERE WAS. JUST SO PROUD. WE'VE WORKED SO HARD. THIS IS MY THIRD WORLD CUP NOW, AND I'VE HAD MY CHANCES IN PREVIOUS WORLD CUPS TO SCORE. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS FOR ME AND FOR THE TEAM. BUT IF THE PLAYERS HAD PLANS TO CELEBRATE, THINK AGAIN. HOW WILL YOU EMBRACE THE CELEBRATIONS TONIGHT, IF AT ALL? NO CELEBRATIONS. AS I SAID TO THE BOYS, THAT'S WHY WE WON AFTER A GREAT WIN AGAINST TUNISIA. NO CELEBRATIONS, NO EMOTION. SLEEP. NO SOCIAL MEDIA. AUSTRALIA GO THROUGH SECOND IN THE GROUP, BEHIND FRANCE, WHO SUFFERED A 1-0 DEFEAT TO TUNISIA. GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND SCORING FOR TUNISIA! THE RESULT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN UPSET, IF NOT FOR THE FRENCH RESTING A NUMBER OF STARS, WITH THEIR KNOCKOUT SPOT ALREADY SECURED. BUT IT WAS ALL TO PLAY FOR IN GROUP C. MALINA TO DRIVE IT ACROSS. TURNED TOWARDS GOAL AND IN! ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER! ARGENTINA TOP OF THE GROUP THANKS TO A 2-0 WIN OVER POLAND. CHANCE FOR THE SHOT, AND IT'S FIRED IN! IT'S A SECOND GOAL FOR ARGENTINA. THAT PUT POLAND ON THE BRINK OF ELIMINATION, WITH MEXICO TWO GOALS UP ON SAUDI ARABIA. THAT'S A CLEVER FLICK, AND THAT IS A SMART FINISH. AND MEXICO HAVE A PROMPT SECOND-HALF ADVANTAGE. HENRY MARIN ON THE SPOT. ONE MORE WOULD SEND MEXICO THROUGH. BUT A LATE SAUDI STRIKE ENDED THEIR TOURNAMENT. POLAND TAKING THEIR PLACE IN THE LAST 16. LACHIE McCLEOD, 1 NEWS. THE BLACK SOXS HAVE CRASHED OUT OF THE SOFTBALL WORLD CUP AFTER SUFFERING 1-0 DEFEAT TO CUBA. NEW ZEALAND DESPERATELY NEEDED A WIN TO HAVE ANY CHANCE OF REACHING THE NEXT ROUND. BUT WITH THE SCORES LOCKED AT 0-0 IN THE NINTH INNING, CUBA BROKE THE DEADLOCK ` AND THE KIWIS' HEARTS. CUBA, ON THE VERGE OF SUCCESS. AND THAT IS THE JOB DONE. CUBA CELEBRATE. THEY GO INTO THE SUPER ROUNDS. IT'S WORST RESULT FOR THE BLACK SOX IN 16 APPEARANCES. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. (LIGHT STRUMMING) (STRUMMING RETURNED IN DISTANCE) (STRUMMING RESUMES) (BOTH STRUMMING IN HARMONY) (TAPPING, WHISTLING) (MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC STOPS) KIA ORA. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (FLEETWOOD MAC'S 'EVERYWHERE') # CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING OUT YOUR NAME? # YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE FALLEN AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. # OOOH. # I WANT TO BE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE. # I WANT TO BE WITH YOU EVERYWHERE. FLEETWOOD MAC. THAT'S IT FOR MIDDAY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND STACEY SPARY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.