IT'S MIDDAY ` HUNDREDS PREPARE TO RALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER WORKERS' RIGHTS ` IT'S MIDDAY ` HUNDREDS PREPARE TO RALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER WORKERS' RIGHTS ` WHAT NEW ZEALANDERS REALLY THINK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S CUTS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE LATEST 1 NEWS VERIAN POLL HAS REVEALED THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS. 34% SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS GOT ITS CUTS RIGHT, WITH ANOTHER 18% WANTING THE COALITION TO GO EVEN FURTHER AND CUT MORE PUBLIC SERVANTS. 35% SAY THE GOVERNMENT'S CUTTING TOO MUCH. IT COMES AS HUNDREDS OF WORKERS HIT THE STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PROTEST WORKERS' RIGHTS. FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT KATIE BRADFORD. KIA ORA KATIE, WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY? THE POLL RESULTS SHOWS THAT THE COUNTRY IS A BIT TORN ABOUT SPLIT ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THOSE JOB CUTS - THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT CUTTING 6.5% TO PAY FOR TAX CUTS WE ARE SEEING NOW THAT THOSE CUTS ARE HAPPENING ACROSS THE BOARD, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND WE HAVE SEEN THOSE PROTESTS TODAY SO THEY MAY NOT BE AS OPPOSED TO IT AS THEY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR YOU AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE HAD SOME NEW UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES OUT TODAY, WHAT DO THEY SHOW? IN THE MARCH QUARTER HAS GONE TO 4.3%, IT WAS PREDICTED TO BE ABOUT 4.2, THAT IS HIGHER THAN WE THOUGHT, THAT IS 10,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, THAT IS BACKWARD LOOKING DATA, SO WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF JOB LOSSES AND IT IS NOT JUST HAPPENING ACROSS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT NUMBER IS LAGGING, YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE WORSE THAN THAT, THE RATE IS 4.8% AT THE MOMENT, AND PEOPLE NOT GETTING AS MANY HOURS, ALSO INCREASING AS WELL. SO UNEMPLOYMENT IS GOING TO KEEP RISING. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF YOUR ANALYSIS THIS EVENING. LABOUR LEADER CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS FORMER PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN WAS WRONG TO FREEZE MPs' PAY. MPs ARE SET TO RECEIVE THEIR FIRST PAY INCREASE SINCE 2018 WHEN THEN PRIME MINISTER ARDERN FROZE SALARIES AND HER CABINET TOOK A PAY CUT DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE INDEPENDENT REMUNERATION AUTHORITY HAS GIVEN THEM AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 10%. CHRIS HIPKINS SAYS THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE PROCESS. I THINK BOTH JOHN KEY AND JACINDA ARDERN GOVERNMENTS, AND I WAS PART OF THE JACINDA ARDERN GOVERNMENT SO I ACCEPT SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS TOO, TRIED TO MAKE A POLITICAL PROBLEM GO AWAY BY EFFECTIVELY CREATING A LONGER-TERM PROBLEM. I`I THINK THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS UH, SET THE PARAMETERS IN WHICH THE RENUMERATION AUTHORITIES OPERATE, WHICH PARLIAMENT HAS DONE, AND THEN JUST LET THEM MAKE THE DECISIONS INDEPENDENTLY. MR HIPKINS' PAY AS LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION HAS HAD THE SMALLEST INCREASE ` UP $13,000 OVER THREE YEARS. THE COURT OF APPEAL IN WELLINGTON IS HEARING AN APPEAL ON THE DECISION TO OVERTURN THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL'S SUMMONS ORDER FOR THE CHILDREN'S MINISTER. THE APPEAL RELATES TO THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO SCRAP A LAW REQUIRING ORANGA TAMARIKI TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR MAORI CHILDREN IN STATE CARE. IWI LAWYERS ARE MAKING ARGUMENTS THAT THE HIGH COURT WAS WRONG TO OVERTURN THE SUMMONS LAST WEEK. THE HIGH COURT SET ASIDE THE ORDER BECAUSE A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION HAD ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED BY THE CROWN. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER SAYS HIS MILITARY'S OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH WILL GO AHEAD WITH OR WITHOUT A CEASEFIRE DEAL. IT COMES AMID NEGOTIATIONS WITH HAMAS FOR A TRUCE AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. BUT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS PROMISED AN INVASION INTO SOUTHERN GAZA WILL GO AHEAD, DESPITE WARNINGS BY THE UN AND U.S. AGAINST IT. MORE THAN HALF OF GAZA'S POPULATION IS IN RAFAH, HAVING FLED THERE TO ESCAPE FIGHTING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STRIP. AND PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ARE ESCALATING ACROSS DOZENS OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES IN THE U.S. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK IS RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL TODAY AFTER A NIGHT OF HEATED PROTESTS WHERE STUDENTS WERE SEEN BREAKING INTO A BUILDING AND BARRICADING THEMSELVES INSIDE. THE ABC'S EM NGUYEN HAS MORE. TODAY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, SEVERELY RESTRICTING ACCESS TO ITS CAMPUS, LEAVING JUST ONE GATEWAY OPEN FOR ESSENTIAL STAFF AND SOME STUDENTS. IT COMES AFTER A NIGHT OF HEATED PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS... (CHEERING) VIDEO CAPTURING STUDENTS STORMING HAMILTON HALL, SMASHING WINDOWS AND BARRICADING THE DOORS WITH FURNITURE. YEAH, I THINK THE POWER AND COLLECTIVE STRENGTH DEMONSTRATED BY THE STUDENTS IS INCREDIBLE. DOZENS OF STUDENTS LEAVING THEIR ENCAMPMENTS IN PLACE AFTER MIDNIGHT, DESPITE THE UNIVERSITY CALLING FOR THEM TO BREAK IT DOWN OR FACE SUSPENSION, OR EVEN EXPULSION. THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SAYING DAYS OF NEGOTIATION BETWEEN STUDENT ORGANISERS AND ACADEMIC LEADERS HAVE SO FAR FAILED AT LEAST ONE PERSON ARRESTED MONDAY OUTSIDE COLUMBIA'S GATES. THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE AUTHORITIES WOULD SAY, 'WE'RE NOT TARGETING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ` 'IT'S THAT THEY'RE SHUTTING DOWN BUILDINGS. 'THEY'RE TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.' IN RECENT DAYS, A WAVE OF DEMONSTRATIONS AT MORE THAN 60 COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE U.S. OH MY GOSH. AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR. THIS VIDEO SHOWING POLICE SPRAYING WHAT APPEARS TO BE PEPPER SPRAY. A SIMILAR SCENE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR AND DOZENS ARRESTED. PROTESTS HAVE ERUPTED OUTSIDE GEORGIA'S PARLIAMENT AS LAWMAKERS DEBATE A CONTROVERSIAL 'FOREIGN AGENTS' BILL. OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT IN THE CAPITAL TBILISI, PROTESTERS ARE CLASHING WITH GEORGIAN RIOT POLICE. PEPPER SPRAY AND BATONS HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAR SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATORS, WHO ARE TRYING TO BLOCK POLITICIANS FROM LEAVING. THE BILL AT THE CENTRE OF THESE PROTESTS WOULD REQUIRE ORGANISATIONS RECEIVING MORE THAN 20% OF THEIR FUNDING FROM ABROAD TO REGISTER AS 'FOREIGN AGENTS'. IT'S WIDELY VIEWED AS AUTHORITARIAN AND RUSSIAN INSPIRED. A BOY (14) HAS BEEN KILLED AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS INJURED AFTER A MAN ATTACKED THEM WITH A SWORD IN EAST LONDON. A MAN (36) IS IN CUSTODY. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE TERROR-RELATED. THE BBC'S LUCY MANNING REPORTS. THE BRAVERY OF A POLICE OFFICER TOE-TO-TOE WITH THE SUSPECT, WHO APPEARS TO BE BRANDISHING A SWORD. WORDS EXCHANGED, BUT HE DOESN'T SURRENDER. POLICE CARS STREAM IN, BUT THE MAN (36) TAKES OFF; OFFICERS NOT HESITATING TO FOLLOW HIM. COME HERE. DROP THE SWORD. WHERE? OVER THERE. COME THIS WAY. CAN YOU STILL SEE HIM? YEAH. HEY! HE'S GOING IN PEOPLE'S GARDENS, MAN. SHOUTS: LOCK YOUR DOORS! LOCK YOUR DOORS! EVERYONE, LOCK YOUR DOORS! 22 MINUTES AFTER THEY WERE CALLED, OFFICERS TASERED HIM. THIS WAS THE DRAMATIC MOMENT THE POLICE FINALLY BROUGHT HIM TO THE GROUND AND ARRESTED HIM ON SUSPICION OF MURDER. MANPREET WITNESSED THE ATTACK AND THE MOMENT OFFICERS STOPPED HIM. PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO FIGHT ` FIGHT THE GUY ` THEY RAN TOWARDS THE STATION, AND ONE OF THE GUYS GOT STABBED IN THE NECK, AND HE WAS HOLDING HIS NECK LIKE THAT, AND HE WAS LIKE, 'I'VE BEEN STABBED. I'VE BEEN STABBED.' HE TRIED TO ENTER SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, I THINK. AND THEN WHEN I SAW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE` LIKE, POLICE WERE TRYING TO TASER HIM. AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GOT HIM DOWN. JUST AFTER MIDDAY, THERE WAS A DEVASTATING POLICE STATEMENT. IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I CONFIRM THAT ONE OF THOSE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT HAS DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STABBED AND SADLY DIED A SHORT WHILE AFTER. FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WERE INJURED; TWO WERE POLICE OFFICERS WITH STAB WOUNDS ` SIGNIFICANT BUT NOT LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, BUT BOTH NEEDED SURGERY. AERIAL PICTURES SHOW A VAN THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CRASHED NEAR TO THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK. THE POLICE SAID THIS WASN'T A TARGETED ATTACK, NOR DID THEY BELIEVE IT WAS TERRORISM-RELATED. BUT A FAMILY EXPECTED THEIR SON TO COME HOME FROM SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON WITH STORIES OF HIS DAY. HE DIDN'T. KING CHARLES HAS MADE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLIC OUTING SINCE ANNOUNCING HE HAD CANCER THREE MONTHS AGO. HE SPOKE ABOUT THE SHOCK DIAGNOSIS WITH OTHER CANCER PATIENTS DURING A HOSPITAL VISIT. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON WAS THERE. IT WAS THE LITTLE GESTURES THAT GAVE AWAY HOW MUCH THIS VISIT MEANT TO THE KING, NOW A COMRADE IN THE SAME BATTLE. SO, HOW ARE YOU? MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU. ONE BY ONE, KING CHARLES SPOKE WITH PATIENTS ABOUT A SHARED EXPERIENCE, THE SHOCK DIAGNOSIS, THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE SIDE EFFECTS TOO. TAKE THIS VISIT TO A LONDON CANCER TREATMENT CHARITY FOLLOWS THE KING'S DECISION TO MAKE HIS OWN HEALTH ISSUES PUBLIC IN THE HOPE IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET CHECKED. THE TROUBLE IS TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE EARLY. IT ALSO MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE KING'S CAREFULLY MANAGED COMEBACK AFTER THREE MONTHS ON THE SIDELINES, MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF LOYAL ROYALISTS, SOME WHO WAITED SEVERAL HOURS TO GET A GLIMPSE. IT'S ALWAYS EXCITING, YOU KNOW. IT'S, UH... IT'S LIKE AN HONOUR TO MEET HIM. YOU KNOW? HAVE YOU MISSED SEEING HIM OUT AND ABOUT? OH, YES. CANCER IS A... IT'S A WICKED DISEASE. I DON'T WANT SAY NO MORE THAN THAT. MY PARTNER DIED OF CANCER 21 YEARS AGO. SHE DIED OF SKIN CANCER. AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED ` SHE ONLY HAD TWO MONTHS TO LIVE. SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE KING'S GOING THROUGH, AND I KNOW WHAT CAMILLA'S GOING THROUGH. HIS DOCTORS SAID THEY WERE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRESS HE'S MADE SO FAR DESPITE BEING OUT AND ABOUT TODAY, THIS ISN'T A RETURN TO NORMAL FOR THE KING. HE'S STILL UNDERGOING CANCER TREATMENT, AND IT'S UNCLEAR JUST HOW MANY EVENT HE'LL BE ATTENDING IN THE COMING MONTHS. IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH TIME FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY, WITH PRINCESS CATHERINE ALSO DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. HAVING ROYALS DOING THE WALKABOUTS WILL REALLY ENERGISE, I THINK, THE ROYAL FAMILY AT THIS MOMENT, WHERE THEY HAVE FELT A LITTLE BIT THIN ON THE GROUND AND A BIT VULNERABLE, SO A VERY POSITIVE DAY FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. WITH HOPES OUTINGS LIKE THIS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT FROM NOW ON. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS, LONDON. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` DONALD TRUMP'S THREATENED WITH JAIL TIME AS HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL ENTERS ITS SECOND WEEK PLUS, A PAIR OF POWERHOUSES OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. GO PRES. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN FINED FOR REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THE GAG ORDER IN HIS HUSH-MONEY TRIAL. THE NEW YORK JUDGE OVERSEEING THE TRIAL RULED MR TRUMP BREACHED THE GAG ORDER, WHICH BARS HIM FROM MAKING STATEMENTS THAT ATTACKED WITNESSES AND JURORS. MR TRUMP MUST PAY THE $15,000 BY THE END OF THE WEEK AFTER BREAKING THE RULE NINE TIMES. THE JUDGE SAID HE WILL CONSIDER JAILING THE FORMER PRESIDENT IF HE VIOLATES THE RULE AGAIN. A NEW ZEALAND BASED NON-ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMPANY IS PARTNERING WITH TWO OF AMERICA'S LARGEST RETAILERS ` TARGET AND WALMART. JUST 12 MONTHS AFTER LAUNCHING IN THE U.S., 'AF' HAS ANNOUNCED MAJOR DISTRIBUTION WINS. THE STRATEGIC MOVE WILL INTRODUCE THEIR PRODUCT RANGE TO MAINSTREAM AMERICAN CONSUMERS THROUGH A NATIONWIDE ROLL OUT. FOUNDER LISA KING SAYS IT'S A DAUNTING BUT EXCITING FEELING. I MEAN IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING. (LAUGHS) BUT THEY ALSO HAVE INCREDIBLY HIGH STANDARDS, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT. YOU JUST CAN'T BE OUT OF STOCK FOR A TARGET OR A WALMART. SO, WE'VE REALLY HAD TO RAMP UP OUR PRODUCTION IN THE US. LISA KING SAYS THE PRODUCTS WILL BE IN MORE THAN 2 THOUSAND 1 HUNDRED STORES IN THE U=S ... UP FROM 400 STORES. A NEW SURVEY HAS FOUND 60% OF WORKERS ADMIT TO QUITTING THEIR JOBS, AFTER A FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE AT WORK. IT'S CALLED RAGE APPLYING, WITH HALF OF EMPLOYEES BLAMING A "TOXIC CULTURE" AS THE LEADING REASON FOR RESIGNATION. CAREER SPECIALIST KAYE AVERY SAYS IT'S CAUSED BY PRESSURE OVER A LONG PERIOD. IT'S USUALLY A BUILD-UP OF BEING OVERLOOKED, NOT BEING HEARD UM, IDEAS OVERRIDDEN, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT FRUSTRATE PEOPLE AND CHALLENGE THEIR SENSE OF PLACE AND IMPORTANCE AND SHOW LACK OF RESPECT, IF YOU LIKE. AVERY SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SELF-REGULATE AND PRIORITISE MENTAL HEALTH. MORE CHILDREN ARE GOING UNSUPERVISED ONLINE, PROMPTING WARNINGS FROM NETSAFE. IT'S LAUNCHED "HECTOR'S WORLD," AN ONLINE VIDEO SERIES COVERING CYBERBULLYING, PRIVACY AND DIGITAL FOOTPRINT. THE BI-LINGUAL PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED TO BRIDGE THE GAP IN ONLINE SAFETY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AGED FIVE TO 10 YEARS, THEIR TEACHERS, PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS. NETSAFE'S SEAN LYONS SAYS MORE YOUNGER CHILDREN ARE NOW ONLINE. CHILDREN INCREASINGLY ARE FINDING WAYS OF BEING ONLINE WITH THEIR PARENTS, AND SOMETIMES MAYBE TO SOME DEGREE UNSUPERVISED, FROM EARLIER AND EARLIER AGES, SO THE EARLIER WE CAN MAKE THAT PREPARATION, THE EARLIER WE CAN START TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT BEING SAFE ONLINE LOOKS LIKE, IN AN AGE-APPROPRIATE WAY ` NOBODY WANTS TO SCARE YOUNG PEOPLE ` BUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE PITFALLS MIGHT BE, AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT THEY CAN DO IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A SITUATION THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE. NETSAFE ORIGINALLY CREATED THE CHARACTER OF HECTOR BACK IN 2007 BUT SAYS THERE WAS DEMAND TO UPDATE THE PROGRAM AS ONLINE SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES HAVE CHANGED. TO SPORT, AND FORMER TALL BLACK KIRK PENNEY IS SET TO JOIN SOME ILLUSTRIOUS COMPANY ` NAMED IN THE 2024 INDUCTEES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME. PENNEY REPRESENTED THE TALL BLACKS AT TWO OLYMPIC GAMES AND FOUR WORLD CUPS, INCLUDING THE TEAM'S FOURTH PLACE FINISH AT THE 2002 TOURNAMENT. HE WON AN AUSTRALIAN NBL TITLE WITH THE BREAKERS AND ALSO PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN LEAGUES AND A HANDFUL OF GAMES IN THE NBA. PENNEY WILL BE THE SECOND NEW ZEALANDER TO JOIN THE HALL OF FAME, BEHIND PERO CAMERON. THE WELLINGTON PHOENIX FACE A NERVOUS WAIT TO SEE IF THEY'LL BE CROWNED A-LEAGUE PREMIERS PLATE WINNERS. THEY NEED THE SECOND-PLACED GOLD COAST MARINERS TO LOSE AGAINST ADELAIDE UNITED TONIGHT. THE 'NIX PLAYERS COULD AT LEAST LET THEIR HAIR DOWN AT LAST NIGHT'S END-OF-YEAR AWARDS ` KOSTA BARBAROUSES REWARDED FOR HIS 13 GOALS WITH MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR. VERY, VERY PROUD. OBVIOUSLY PROUD WELLINGTONIAN AS WELL. SO IT MEANS ` NOT EXTRA TO ME ` BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT MEANS A HELL OF A LOT TO ME TO WIN THIS AWARD. I DO JUST WANT TO KEEP HELPING THE CLUB TO ACHIEVE WHAT IT DESERVES TO ACHIEVE. BARBAROUSES ALSO BECOMING NEW ZEALAND'S BEST EVER SCORER IN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR ` HIS 93 GOALS TAKING HIM PAST SHANE SMELTZ. THE HONOURS HAVE BEEN SHARED IN THE FIRST LEG OF THE FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN BAYERN MUNICH AND REAL MADRID. THE SPANISH CLUB OPENED THE SCORING THROUGH VINICIUS JUNIOR IN THE 24TH MINUTE. IT'S A REALLY GOOD RUN. IT'S A GREAT BALL. AND IT'S 1-0. VINICIUS JUNIOR AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY, BUT IT'S A QUITE BRILLIANT REAL MADRID GOAL. BAYERN HIT BACK AFTER THE HALF TIME BREAK ` LEROY SANE SLOTTING HOME AN EQUALISER. HERE GOES SANE. SANE INSIDE AND SCORES! PIECE OF BRILLIANCE FROM LEROY SANE. AND HE RESPONDS WITH A QUITE BRILLIANT INDIVIDUAL EQUALISER. IT'S BAYERN MUNICH 1, REAL MADRID 1. A HARRY KANE PENALTY FOUR MINUTES LATER PUT THE GERMANS AHEAD ONLY FOR MADRID TO SQUARE UP THE TIE IN THE FINAL MINUTES. HERE HE COMES. 2-2. VINICIUS JUNIOR FOR REAL MADRID. MADRID HOSTS THE SECOND LEG NEXT WEEK. BORUSSIA DORTMUND KICK OFF THEIR TIE AGAINST PARIS SAINT GERMAIN TOMORROW MORNING. A NEW ZEALAND CHEERLEADING TEAM HAS COLLECTED A GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN FLORIDA. THE 'ALL STAR CHEERLEADERS ACADEMY' WERE CROWNED NUMBER ONE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ALL-GIRL LEVEL FIVE DIVISION. THE EVENT FEATURED 563 TEAMS FROM 21 COUNTRIES. COACH DANIEL O'NEIL SAYS THE WIN WAS 'A DREAM COME TRUE' FOR THE TEAM. THE GIRLS PUT OUT THE BEST ROUTINE THEY POSSIBLY COULD AND WE WERE SO PROUD AS COACHES OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE OUT THERE AS WELL, WE HAD A FEW MOMENTS OF THAT, LIKE, NERVE RACKING, OH MY GOODNESS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT? BUT WE CHEERED THEM ON THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH WE GAVE THEM SUPPORT THE ENTIRE ROUTINE, AND WE STILL WALKED OFF FEELING REALLY, REALLY PROUD. THE TEAM CAME THIRD LAST YEAR, AND SAYS SECURING THE GOLD REQUIRED TRAINING THREE TIMES A WEEK. ATHLETES AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS WILL GET TO TASTE SOME HIGH END FRENCH CUISINE DURING THE GAMES. ORGANISERS HAVE SHOWN OFF THE MENU ON OFFER IN THE ATHLETES' VILLAGE AND OTHER OLYMPIC SITES. PREPARED BY MICHELIN STAR CHEFS, THE OFFERINGS RANGE FROM PASTRIES AND PASTA TO PIZZA. (SPEAKS FRENCH) TRANSLATOR: I WANTED TO CREATE RECIPES THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF PARIS, THAT ARE EASY AND THAT YOU COULD EAT EASILY. IT'S A CROISSANT THAT WE'VE FILLED WITH ARTICHOKE CREAM, A POACHED EGG, AND ON TOP, WE'VE ADDED SOME TRUFFLE AND SHEEP'S CHEESE. MORE THAN 500 RECIPES HAVE BEEN CREATED, WITH 120 DAILY SPECIALS, AND A THIRD OF THE MEALS ENTIRELY VEGETARIAN. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` I'LL BE BACK WITH THE AFTERNOON WEATHER. PLUS ` FROM THE WACKY TO THE WEIRD ` WE TEST OUT SOME UNIQUE WHEELS GOING TO AUCTION IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEK. IT'S OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW IN ZIMBABWE AS THE COUNTRY ATTEMPTS TO FIX A LONG-RUNNING MONEY CRISIS. IT'S INTRODUCED A BRAND NEW CURRENCY THE 'ZIG' ` SHORT FOR ZIMBABWE GOLD, WHICH IS NOW IN CIRCULATION. IT'S REPLACING THE OLD CURRENCY THAT HAS BEEN BATTERED BY DEPRECIATION AND RECENTLY OUTRIGHT REJECTED BY THE PUBLIC. TRANSLATOR: NOW I WILL EASILY GET CHANGE AND NOT BE FORCED TO BUY THINGS I DON'T NEED. WE USED TO BUY WITH U.S. DOLLARS ONLY AND WOULD BE FORCED TO GET SALT AND MATCHES AS CHANGE. THE ZIG IS THE SIXTH CURRENCY THE COUNTRY HAS USED SINCE THE 2009 COLLAPSE OF THE ZIMBABWE DOLLAR AMID INFLATION OF 5 BILLION PERCENT. SOME UNUSUAL CARS ARE UP FOR AUCTION IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEK, FROM A VEHICLE THAT CAN DRIVE ON WATER TO ONE DESCRIBED AS THE WORLD'S FIRST MICRO CAR. AS JACOB JOHNSON FOUND OUT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF UNUSUAL AUTOMOBILES TO CHOOSE FROM. FROM CLASSIC CARS TO SLIGHTLY MORE CRAMPED ONES... IT'S VERY COSY. THIS AUCTION HAS IT ALL. REAL MIX OF THINGS IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS KNOWN FOR, BUT THIS ONE DEFINITELY HAS A WACKIER AND WEIRDER SLANT. ONE OF THE WEIRDER AND WACKIER CARS ON OFFER IS THIS ONE, THE AMPHICAR, WHICH YOU COULD TAKE FOR A DRIVE OR FOR A SWIM. THEY CAN BE DRIVEN STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER, TAKING TO THE SEAS AT A CRUISING 11km/h THIS 1963 AMPHICAR IS EXPECTED TO GO FOR AT LEAST $70,000, THE PREVIOUS OWNER TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE OF ITS FEATURES. HE TELLS LOVELY STORIES OF SAILING ON FRESH WATER AT LAKE ROTOITI. AND IT'S GOT AN ANCHOR AT THE BACK, THE PROPELLERS UNDERNEATH AND A NEW ZEALAND FLAG. SO IT'S VERY MUCH A BOAT IN ITSELF. FOR SOMETHING A BIT SPEEDIER, THIS FERRARI AND MASERATI HYBRID'S ON OFFER. APTLY NAMED THE 'MASERARRI', IT WAS BUILT BY KIWI RACING LEGEND GRAEME MCRAE WHEN HE WAS JUST 20. REALLY FANTASTIC TO THINK WHAT SOMEBODY CAN ACHIEVE WHEN THEY'RE 20 YEARS OLD, COMPARED TO WHAT MOST OF US ARE DOING, YOU KNOW? AND IF YOU'RE AFTER SOMETHING MORE COMPACT... GET MY KNEES IN. JUST TUCK THE KNEES IN. THIS ALMOST CARTOONISH CAR, A 1958 BMW ISETTA IS LIKELY TO FETCH UP TO $60,000. I CAN SEE THE APPEAL. THIS WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR PARKING IN AUCKLAND. THESE 24 CARS AND FIVE BIKES SET TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER THIS SUNDAY. A CHANCE FOR KIWI CAR COLLECTORS TO TAKE HOME SOMETHING A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. TIME NOW TO TAKE A LOOK AT TODAY'S WEATHER. (FRANK SINATRA'S 'I DID IT MY WAY') THANKS FOR JOINING US ` FROM THE WHOLE MIDDAY TEAM, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY BRIGIT KELLY AND LENA ERAKOVICH. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR.