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A sellout crowd is certain as it's just one day til Wellington Phoenix chants ring out across the city. 

The nix are playing the Melbourne Victory at a packed Cake Tin. 

Excitement's been building up in the capital about the A-League semifinal clash, as the team goes into the second leg on a nil-all aggregate score, at home. 

Weekend Sport host Jason Pine told Mike Hosking that he gets the feeling that the match will be settled within 90 minutes. 

He said that someone will have the inspirational moment, the flash of brilliance, or someone will make a mistake, and that will settle the game. 

“I don’t think we’ll see a nil-all tomorrow night.” 

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King Charles has been attending garden parties as he returns to public duties.  

The monarch returned to work in late April, about two months after it was announced he was being treated for cancer.  

UK correspondent Vincent McAviney told Mike Hosking that he appeared in good spirits at the garden parties this past week.  

He says hundreds of people are invited to the parties, which have days for different industries. 

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The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister's being urged to address the huge cost of workplace bullying. 

A report by the Human Rights Commission and KPMG has found the cost of bullying and harassment to employers is about $1.5 billion a year. 

Equal Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali'i Karanina Sumeo told Mike Hosking that Minister Brooke van Velden wants to look at health and safety laws and the grievance processes. 

She hopes the minister's paying attention to the report, because it may be a loss for businesses but it's the people's lives that are at the centre of this. 

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Federated Farmers says most farmers are looking at Fonterra's change in strategy with cautious optimism.   

The dairy giant's signalled its intent to divest well-known brands such as Anchor and overseas brands Fonterra Oceania and Fonterra Sri Lanka.  

It wants to focus on producing ingredients and selling them to consumers and other businesses.  

Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Richard McIntyre told Mike Hosking that some are concerned about Fonterra's potential move away from value-added products.  

But he says they're also talking about investing more in innovation, so it'll be interesting to see the detail. 

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After months of goading, Donald Trump has his wish. 

Joe Biden has finally agreed to presidential debates, but on a different schedule. 

He released a video on social media earlier today saying that he’s ready to debate, and that Trump is available on Wednesdays, referring to the day that Trump’s hush money trial is not in session. 

US Correspondent Mitch McCann told Roman Travers that normally these debates take place in the last two or so months of the campaign, but the first will be taking place in June, the second in September. 

Biden’s team says the usual model hasn’t been working, and that organisers have failed to keep the debates under control in the past. 

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Hundreds of appointments and surgeries have been cancelled as junior doctors begin another strike. 

They’re continuing to fight for better pay and work conditions.  

More than 2000 doctors walked off the job at 7am for the second time in two weeks, the strike planned to last two days. 

Sarah Dalton, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, told Roman Travers that we’re already training many young doctors just to go off and work overseas as the work conditions and pay aren’t good enough for the senior medical workforce. 

Now, she said, Te Whatu Ora seems to be doing everything they can to get them to go even sooner. 

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