DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. A PLEDGE FROM A PRESIDENT ` BARACK OBAMA VOWS TO WORK WITH THE REPUBLICANS AS HE WINS A SECOND TERM AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE FAMILY OF A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS STEPSON GIVE CONFLICTING REPORTS IN HIS COURT TRIAL. AND A RARE ROMCOM ` ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY FUNNY. TONIGHT AT THE MOVIES LOOKS AT 'CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER'. AFTER A GRUELLING AND SOMETIMES BITTER CAMPAIGN, BARACK OBAMA HAS BEEN CONVINCINGLY RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR A SECOND AND FINAL TERM. IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, HE PROMISED AMERICA THE BEST IS YET TO COME. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD BRINGS US THIS REPORT. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED. THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSE. THEY WERE WRONG. TONIGHT, IN THIS ELECTION, YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, REMINDED US THAT WHILE OUR ROAD HAS BEEN HARD, WHILE OUR JOURNEY HAS BEEN LONG, WE HAVE PICKED OURSELVES UP, WE HAVE FOUGHT OUR WAY BACK, AND WE KNOW IN OUR HEARTS THAT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. I JUST HAVE CALLED PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS VICTORY. HIS SUPPORTERS AND HIS CAMPAIGN ALSO DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS. I WISH ALL OF THEM WELL, BUT PARTICULARLY THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY AND THEIR DAUGHTERS. SCATTERED APPLAUSE THIS IS A TIME OF GREAT CHALLENGES FOR AMERICA, AND I PRAY THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN GUIDING OUR NATION. ...ALL OVER THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED. AS PREDICTED, THE BATTLEGROUND STATES HELD THE KEY. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE THE WINNER IN IOWA. AS THOSE MUST-WIN STATES STARTED FALLING OBAMA'S WAY, IT WAS GAME OVER. LOUD CHEERING WHEN THE AMERICAN NETWORKS CALLED IT FOR OBAMA, THE PRESIDENT TWEETED,... ...ALONG WITH THIS PHOTO OF HIM AND WIFE MICHELLE ` NOW THE MOST POPULAR TWEET IN TWITTER HISTORY. AFTER AN EMOTIONAL FINAL SPEECH IN IOWA, THE PRESIDENT'S DAY BEGAN IN HIS HOME TOWN OF CHICAGO WITH AN UNSCHEDULED STOP TO THANK VOLUNTEERS IN A LAST-DITCH, VERY PERSONAL APPEAL. HI. IS THIS ANNIE? HI. THIS IS BARACK OBAMA. HOW ARE YOU? LAUGHTER THE RELAXED-LOOKING PRESIDENT TOOK TIME OUT FOR HIS TRADITIONAL ELECTION-DAY BASKETBALL GAME. HE EVEN HAD SOME PRAISE FOR HIS OPPONENT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO GOVERNOR ROMNEY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON A SPIRITED CAMPAIGN. MITT ROMNEY, NOT QUITE AS RELAXED, DIDN'T WASTE A MOMENT. AFTER CASTING HIS VOTE, HE HIT THE ROAD AGAIN. IT'S AN HONOUR. IN THE END, IT WASN'T ENOUGH. GETTING AMERICANS TO THE POLLING BOOTH IS DIFFICULT AT THE BEST OF TIMES, AND IN STORM-BATTERED NEW YORK THESE ARE CERTAINLY NOT THE BEST OF TIMES. WE HAD TO. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. LIFE GOES ON. THOUSANDS QUEUED IN THE COLD AT THE MAKESHIFT POLLING STATIONS, DETERMINED FOR THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD. SUPERSTORM SANDY, IN THE END, TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF OBAMA'S BIGGEST SUPPORTERS. WITH THE ECONOMY TO FIX AND JOBS TO CREATE, EXPECT THE PRESIDENT TO BE BACK AT WORK IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITHIN DAYS. BUT TONIGHT IT'S TIME TO ENJOY THE PARTY. AND MUCH OF BARACK OBAMA'S NEXT TERM WILL BE DEVOTED TO CEMENTING THE LEGACY OF HIS FIRST. THE ABC'S KIM LANDERS LOOKS AT THE CHALLENGES AHEAD. WITH THE AMERICAN ECONOMY STILL STUCK IN LOW GEAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHER THAN WHEN HE FIRST TOOK OFFICE, A NEWLY RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT'S FIRST TASK WILL BE EERILY FAMILIAR. I DON'T BELIEVE IN TOP-DOWN ECONOMICS. I BELIEVE IN MIDDLE-CLASS-OUT ECONOMICS. I BELIEVE IN BOTTOM-UP ECONOMICS. THAT'S HOW YOU GROW AN ECONOMY. THAT'S THE CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION. AND THAT'S WHY I'M RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ON THE WHITE HOUSE WELCOME MAT IS A SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF ` A COMBINATION OF TAX CUTS THAT ARE DUE TO EXPIRE AND MANDATORY SPENDING CUTS FOR DEFENCE AND ENTITLEMENTS ` SOMETHING WASHINGTON CALLS A SEQUESTER. FIRST OF ALL, THE SEQUESTER IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I PROPOSED. IT'S SOMETHING THAT CONGRESS HAS PROPOSED. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. A SECOND OBAMA TERM COULD BE MORE RESTRAINED; DEDICATED TO CEMENTING HIS SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE OVERHAUL, WITH LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF TACKLING IMMIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH REPUBLICANS, AND THE DELIVERY OF HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA WILL HINGE ON THE MAKE-UP OF CONGRESS. BARACK OBAMA HASN'T SPENT MUCH TIME SKETCHING OUT WHAT HIS SECOND-TERM TEAM WOULD LOOK LIKE. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IS ADAMANT SHE WON'T BE THERE. THE PRESIDENT MAY ALSO BE LOOKING FOR A NEW TREASURY SECRETARY, AND FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE'S TERM ENDS EARLY 2014. AFTER REFOCUSING AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY ON THE ASIA-PACIFIC, THE PRESIDENT WILL END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. OUR MISSION WILL CHANGE FROM COMBAT TO SUPPORT. BY 2014, THIS PROCESS OF TRANSITION WILL BE COMPLETE AND THE AFGHAN PEOPLE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SECURITY. BUT BARACK OBAMA'S PROMISE TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY SEEMS UNLIKELY,... PLANE ENGINE ROARS LOUD EXPLOSION ...AND HE'LL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH FORGING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BUT HE HAS VOWED TO CONFRONT IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. AS LONG AS I'M PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IRAN WILL NOT GET A NUCLEAR WEAPON. THE HOPE AND CHANGE ONCE PROMISED BY THIS HISTORY-MAKING FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT HAS LONG FADED, AND BARACK OBAMA WON'T HAVE LONG TO ENJOY HIS VICTORY CELEBRATIONS. AND AMERICAN EXPATS IN NZ WERE ` AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ` FOLLOWING THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION CLOSELY. THE US EMBASSY IN WELLINGTON HOSTED ITS OWN PARTY AS THE RESULTS CAME IN. GEORGINA BALL WAS THERE. A LITTLE TASTE OF THE UNITED STATES IN DOWNTOWN WELLINGTON AS ELECTION EXCITEMENT REACHES NZ. YES, WE CAN. WE WILL. WE DID. THE CROWD AT THE APTLY NAMED VENUE 'CHICAGO' ` ALSO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HOME TOWN ` WATCHED INTENTLY AS THE RESULT CAME IN. THIS IS TERRIFIC NEWS FOR AMERICAN WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. THERE WAS A LOT AT STAKE ` THERE WAS HEALTHCARE FOR EVERY CITIZEN; THERE WAS WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. AND IT'S NOT JUST AMERICANS WITH AN INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME. THE WORLD SEES THIS ALMOST AS A GLOBAL ELECTION. WE LIKE TO THINK WE HAVE A STAKE, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A VOTE. BUT WHAT WILL BARACK OBAMA'S VICTORY MEAN FOR NZ? MY ANSWER WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME EVEN IF GOVERNOR ROMNEY HAD WON. THE NZ-US RELATIONSHIP BACK IN WASHINGTON IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE. OTHERS ARE HOPEFUL HIS SECOND AND FINAL TERM MIGHT BE BOLDER. I THINK THERE'LL BE POSSIBLY MORE THINGS HE MIGHT FEEL MORE COURAGEOUS TO BE MOVING ON ` THE MIDDLE EAST, FOR EXAMPLE; POSSIBLY ON TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND NO DOUBT TRADE WILL BE ON JOHN KEY'S MIND WHEN HE SENDS THAT LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS. JOHN KEY HOPES MR OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION WILL GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. BUT THERE'S A WARNING FROM OTHERS THAT THE PRESIDENT FACES A TOUGH ROAD AHEAD AS HE TRIES TO SHAKE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY INTO SHAPE. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REPUBLICANS ON THIS TRICKY FISCAL CLIFF ISSUE, WHICH ACTUALLY IS SOMETHING THAT... SHOULDN'T JUST INTEREST POLITICAL-SCIENCE JUNKIES; IT'S OF INTEREST TO EVERYBODY AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S THAT BIG A DEAL. FOR NOW, THE BIG DEAL FOR BARACK OBAMA'S SUPPORTERS HERE IS CELEBRATING FOUR MORE YEARS. GEORGINA BALL, ONE NEWS. TO OTHER NEWS NOW, AND THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING TODDLER JJ LAWRENCE APPEARS TO HAVE CHANGED HIS STORY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS STEPSON. RELATIVES OF JOEL LOFFLEY HAVE GIVEN EVIDENCE TODAY, BUT THEIR STORIES ARE DIFFERENT TO WHAT LOFFLEY TOLD POLICE. DONNA-MARIE LEVER REPORTS. JOEL LOFFLEY'S AUNTS SAY THEIR NEPHEW WAS CONTROLLING AND MANIPULATIVE TOWARDS JJ'S MOTHER AROUND THE TIME OF THE TODDLER'S TANGI. JOSEPHINE LAWRENCE HAD STAYED A NIGHT WITH LOFFLEY. THEY SAY HE DIDN'T LEAVE HER SIDE OR WANT HER TO GO. HE WAS LIKE THIS... (THUMPS TABLE) 'WHY DON'T YOU STAY WITH ME?' HE JUST SNAPPED LIKE THAT. THEY SAY IT WAS DURING THAT VISIT UP NORTH HE'D EXPLAINED HOW THE 2�-YEAR-OLD DIED. HE SAID, 'OH, I PUT THE BABY DOWN ON THE BED. 'I PUT A BARRIER AROUND THE BABY, AND I WENT AND HAD A SMOKE 'AND LISTENING TO SOME SOUNDS, 'AND I HEARD A BANG AND WENT BACK UPSTAIRS, 'AND THE BABY WAS ON THE FLOOR. 'AND I PICKED IT UP. THE BABY HAD BROWN STUFF COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH, 'AND I TRIED TO BLOW INTO THE BABY'S MOUTH.' BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT LOFFLEY HAD TOLD POLICE. IN AN INTERVIEW, HE'D SAID BABY JJ HAD FALLEN OFF THE BED, HIT THE WALL AND HIS LEGS HAD BENT BACK OVER HIS BODY WHILE HE WAS FLUFFING THE SHEETS. HE SAID HE PUT THE CHILD TO BED, WENT OUT AND THEN LATER FOUND HIM IN AN UNRESPONSIVE STATE. THE JURY ALSO HEARD FROM AN AUNT WHO'D LOOKED AFTER BABY JJ IN TAURANGA AND WANTED TO KEEP HIM THERE. SHE SAID HIS BEHAVIOUR DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED. AND HE QUICKLY WENT FROM CLINGY AND QUIET TO VERY CONFIDENT AND HEALTHY. BUT JJ'S MOTHER CAME AND TOOK HIM BACK TO AUCKLAND, SO SHE ALERTED AUTHORITIES. WELL, I DID SAY TO JOSE, BECAUSE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT HIS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, I WAS GOING TO NOTIFY CYFS. DID YOU DO THAT? YEP. ALSO NOTIFIED THEM AGAIN WHEN HE HAD BROKEN HIS ARM AGAIN. I HAD ACTUALLY NOTIFIED THEM QUITE A FEW TIMES. JOEL LOFFLEY DENIES MURDERING HIS STEPSON. THE CROWN CASE IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. DONNA-MARIE LEVER, ONE NEWS. THE CORONER AT THE CTV INQUEST HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THE WAY THE FIRE SERVICE AND URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE WORK TOGETHER. HE WAS ASSURED CHANGES ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO REMEDY THE RELATIONSHIP AND ALTER THE WAY THAT USAR IS RUN. LISA DAVIES HAS MORE. THE CORONER LAYING SOME OF HIS CONCERNS ON THE LINE AFTER EIGHT DAYS OF TESTIMONY ABOUT HOW EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKED TOGETHER ON FEBRUARY 22ND. WHAT CONCERNS ME MORE IS HOW IT WORKS HERE IN NZ BETWEEN THE FIRE SERVICE AND USAR. THAT'S WHAT'S CONCERNING ME AT PRESENT. FIRE SERVICE BOSS STEVE BARCLAY ACKNOWLEDGING THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE DYNAMIC BETWEEN THE TWO FIRE SERVICE ENTITIES AT THE CTV SITE. WIDER FIRE SERVICE DIDN'T HAVE OR DON'T HAVE A WIDER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATES, AND IT WAS CONFUSING TO SOME OF THE FRONT LINE STAFF WHEN THEY WORKED TOGETHER ON THE SITE. BUT HE SAYS CHANGES ARE UNDERWAY TO REMEDY THAT, WITH A CHANGE IN STRUCTURE, MORE TRAINING AND A NEW MOBILE RESCUE UNIT WITHIN USAR. WE'RE A LOT MORE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE FIRE SERVICE NOW. AFTER HIS TESTIMONY, THE HEAT WENT ON ANOTHER FIRE SERVICE BOSS. HE WAS GRILLED AS TO WHETHER DYSFUNCTION WITHIN THE RANKS IMPACTED ON THE CTV RESPONSE. AND I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE STRUCTURE OR RESPONSE ON THE DAY OF THE EARTHQUAKE. AND HE STOOD BY HIS DECISION NOT TO INTERVENE IN THE RUNNING OF THE CTV OPERATIONS AND DEFENDED THE FACT HE DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY WERE TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING WHEN HE WENT TO THE SITE AT 6 THAT NIGHT. AT NO STAGE DID, UM, THE CONVERSATION OR, UM, FIGURES OF PEOPLE TRAPPED OR PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING CAME UP. WOULDN'T THAT HAVE BEEN GETTING BACK TO YOU? WASN'T THAT VITAL? > THE FIRE SERVICE IS BACK ON THE STAND TOMORROW. LISA DAVIES, ONE NEWS THE NEW RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR'S FIRST FACE-TO-FACE WITH POLITICIANS HAS ENDED ON A SOUR NOTE. AFTER A TOUGH GRILLING BY PARLIAMENT'S FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE SELECT COMMITTEE, OPPOSITION PARTY REQUESTS TO EXTEND THE SESSION WERE REFUSED BEFORE EVERYONE ` INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR ` WAS KICKED OUT. GRAEME WHEELER WASN'T INVITED BACK AND ` WITHOUT EVEN A PROPER GOODBYE ` HEADED BACK TO THE RESERVE BANK. SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BILL THE EDUCATION MINISTRY FOR THE TIME THEY'RE SPENDING SORTING OUT MISTAKES IN THE MINISTRY'S NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM. THE AUCKLAND PRIMARY PRINCIPALS' ASSOCIATION ALSO SAYS ITS SCHOOLS WILL STOP WORKING WITH THE MINISTRY ON NEW INITIATIVES SO THAT IT CAN PRIORITISE TEACHERS' PAY. THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY 9000 MISTAKES MADE SINCE THE NOVOPAY SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED IN AUGUST. JUST AHEAD, UNION LEADERS CALL FOR MORE POWER TO SHUT DOWN UNSAFE WORK SITES. PLUS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF PACIFIC FLAVOUR SIGNED BY A MUSICAL SUPERSTAR. VOICEOVER: Like these walls, your tooth enamel can decay, causing cavities in 7 out of 10 people. Try new Listerine Total Care Enamel Defence. It protects, strengthens and repairs your weakened enamel by replacing lost minerals to fight the threat of cavities. (BOOM!) (EXHALES) Build your wall of defence against decay with new Listerine Total Care Enamel Defence. 1 UNION LEADERS ARE DEMANDING TRAINED INSPECTORS ACROSS ALL HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES BE GIVEN THE POWER TO SHUT DOWN UNSAFE WORK SITES. THEY WANT A RECOMMENDATION MADE FOR MINING BY THE PIKE RIVER ROYAL COMMISSION TO BE EXTENDED. REBECCA EDWARDS REPORTS. IT TOOK JUST SECONDS TO CHANGE BUILDER RHETT BROWN'S LIFE FOREVER. HE FELL 2M FROM A SCAFFOLD, BREAKING HIS NECK AND LEAVING HIM A TETRAPLEGIC. YOU JUST CANNOT COMPREHEND IT AT THE TIME, KNOWING WHAT YOU'VE DONE; THAT YOU'VE PARALYSED YOUR BODY, YOU'VE BROKEN YOUR NECK. WITH MORE THAN 100 WORKPLACE DEATHS EACH YEAR, CONSTRUCTION IS JUST ONE INDUSTRY CONSIDERED TO BE HIGH-RISK, ALONG WITH AGRICULTURE, FISHING, FORESTRY, MANUFACTURING AND MINING. WHILE MOST OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY'S RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE PIKE RIVER DISASTER FOCUSED ON MINING, IT HAS ALSO CRITICISED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S APPROACH TO HEALTH AND SAFETY ACROSS THE BOARD. REALLY, THE BUBBLE WAS READY TO BURST IN ALL UNSAFE INDUSTRIES. THE REPORT'S RECOMMENDED TRAINED UNION INSPECTORS BE REINSTATED IN THE MINING INDUSTRY, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO CLOSE DOWN OPERATIONS IF WORKERS ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. NOW THERE'S A CALL FOR UNION REPRESENTATIVES IN OTHER INDUSTRIES TO BE GIVEN THAT POWER. THE POINT OF THIS IS THE CHECK INSPECTOR AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE PUTS HEALTH OF PEOPLE FIRST. BUT NOT EVERYONE WOULD SUPPORT THAT MOVE. OUR SITES ARE SO GEOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD, AND THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS NZ, AND THEIR OUT IN THE BACKBLOCKS, IN MANY CASES VERY HARD TO GET TO, AND THEY WOULD REALLY STRUGGLE TO ACTUALLY GET A, UM, A DECENT REPRESENTATION. BUT RHETT BROWN RECKONS IT'LL TAKE MUCH STRONGER ENFORCEMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR IF SAFETY IN OUR HIGH-RISK INDUSTRIES IS TO IMPROVE. REBECCA EDWARDS, ONE NEWS. CENTRAL OTAGO WINEMAKERS ARE ON HIGH ALERT, WITH SEVERE FROSTS THREATENING TO COST THE INDUSTRY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MANY VINES WERE BADLY DAMAGED BY A FROST ON THE WEEKEND, AND THE TEMPERATURE IS FORECAST TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING IN COMING NIGHTS. WE MIGHT HAVE LOST UP TO 1000 TONS ACROSS THE WHOLE SUB-REGION. UM, OUT OF $3100 A TON OF PINOT NOIR, THAT'S ABOUT $3M. VINEYARD OWNERS HAVE BEEN USING HELICOPTERS TO BLOW WARM AIR ON TO THEIR VINES TO HELP STAVE OFF FROST. A LYRIC-WRITING COMPETITION AIMED AT LOW-DECILE PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAS RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM FROM A NUMBER OF WORLD-FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS. PROCEEDS FROM THE AUCTION OF PERSONALLY SIGNED UKULELES BY THE LIKES OF OZZIE OSBOURNE, ROD STEWART AND GREEN DAY WILL FUND THE COMPETITION. PAUL HOBBS REPORTS. HOW DO YOU TURN A SCHOOL STAPLE INTO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL? GIVE IT A STAMP OF STARDOM. OZZIE OSBOURNE, ROD STEWART, GREEN DAY AND OTHERS ALL LENDING THEIR SUPPORT TO A COMPETITION AIMED AT GETTING KIDS WRITING SONGS. THESE STARS WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT THEIR SIGNATURE ON THESE UKULELES AND SAY THEY LOVE NZ KIDS. KIDS SING THE AUCTION PROCEEDS WILL HELP PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIKE THESE ` DECILE ONE, TWO AND THREE ` TAKE PART IN WORKSHOPS AS THEY STRIVE TO WRITE LYRICS TO THEIR OWN SONG. THE THEME ` 'MY WORLD'. I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH THEIR WORDS AND BE CREATIVE. (SINGS) ONE HIGH-SCHOOLER WHOSE ALREADY RECORDED HER OWN SONGS THINKS IT'S A GREAT IDEA. SOMETIMES KIDS JUST LIKE ME` SOMETIMES I FIND IT HARD TO SAY WHAT I WANT, YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGH SPEAKING, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PUT THAT THROUGH MUSIC AS WELL. K SONGSTRESS ANNA MAC WILL TAKE THE WINNING LYRICS, WRITE A MELODY AND PERFORM IT WITH THE WINNER AT THEIR SCHOOL. IMAGINE THAT. ALREADY SHE'S BEEN INSPIRED. I WENT TO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS AND THEY TAUGHT ME FOUR CHORDS ON THE UKULELE, AND I USED THAT FOR MY SINGLE. SO HOW DO YOU GET YOUR HANDS ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS OZZIE OSBOURNE-SIGNED UKULELE? SIMPLY GO TO TRADE ME, SEARCH 'UKULELES' OR 'SOCIAL ANGELS' AND YOU HAVE UNTIL MONDAY THE 19TH TO BID. THEN IT'S ALL OVER TO THE KIDS. THE COMPETITION ENDS IN FEBRUARY. PAUL HOBBS, ONE NEWS. JUST AHEAD, A ROMANTIC COMEDY MOVIE THAT'LL LEAVE YOU THINKING AS WELL AS LAUGHING. AND I'LL BE BACK WITH A FINE, BUT FROSTY FORECAST. (UP-BEAT MUSIC PLAYS) (UP-BEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) Sanitarium Up&Go, with the protein, energy and dietary fibre of two Weet-Bix and milk. WE ALL KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER, AND APPARENTLY JUDGING A ROMCOM BY ITS TITLE COULD PROVE EQUALLY MISLEADING. 'CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER' IS A ROMCOM WITH A NAME THAT SUGGESTS AN AIRBRUSHED COUPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, JUST NEED TIME TO THINK. BUT IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THAT, AND I WENT TO SEE IT FOR TONIGHT AT THE MOVIES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YEAH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU'RE GETTING DIVORCED. AND THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW TO SET UP THIS MOVIE ` CUTE COUPLE ` SHE'S AMBITIOUS, HE'S A SLACKER ` MARRY YOUNG, SPLIT UP. BUT THEY'RE STILL PALS, SO WITH A FEW MONTAGES USING SOME AMERICAN INDIE BAND, THEY'LL GET BACK TOGETHER IN THE END, RIGHT? GERMAN ACCENT: BETH IS SO ANGRY. GERMAN ACCENT: YA, SHE IS UBER ANGRY. BOTH: YA. WELL, NO, ACTUALLY. I MET ANOTHER PERSON. WAIT ` WHAT? AND THIS GIVES YOU A HINT OF THE TWIST IN THIS MOVIE'S TALE ` BUT ONLY A HINT. EARLY ON, THE MOVIE TAKES A TURN YOU KNOW THERE'S NO COMING BACK FROM. THE SUPPORTING CAST IS ALSO WELL WORTH A MENTION ` THERE'S THE WISE, GAY WORKMATE, WHO ADMITS IN THE FILM HE REALLY WANTS TO BE THE SAUCY, GAY FRIEND; THERE'S THE STONER FRIEND, WHO IS GENUINELY FUNNY; AND THEN THERE'S THE WELL-MEANING COUPLE. BUT UNLIKE MOST ROMCOMS, THIS SUPPORTING CAST ISN'T ONE THAT, AT THE END OF THE FILM, YOU WANT TO SEE THROWN HEAD-FIRST UNDER A BUS. IF YOU EVER NEED, LIKE, SOMEONE TO BE WITH YOU AND, LIKE, HOLD YOU AND CARESS YOU, I THINK I COULD BE THAT GUY. NO. GOOD. GOOD, GOOD. THE LEADING COUPLE ARE ALSO LIKEABLE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, BELIEVABLE. JESSE, PLAYED BY SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE OLD BOY AND LONELY ISLAND MAIN MAN ANDY SAMBERG IS A SLACKER, BUT NOT A CARTOON. EVEN BETTER IS CELESTE ` PLAYED BY RASHIDA JONES, WHO WROTE THE MOVIE. IS THIS ABOUT A GIRL? I'M NOT GAY. NO, I KNOW. I KNOW, I MEANT 'A BOY'. CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER IS PIN-SHARP IN ITS OBSERVATION OF A MESSY BREAK-UP. ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN THROUGH ONE WILL SEE THEIR BEST AND WORST MOMENTS ON SCREEN. I LOVE JESSE DEARLY, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A CHEQUING ACCOUNT... OR DRESS SHOES. THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN WILL HAVE A CAR. SO, IN SHORT, 'CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER' IS A ROMANTIC COMEDY I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ` SEVEN WORDS I THOUGHT I'D NEVER GET TO SAY. IT'S DUE IN CINEMAS IN JANUARY AND GETS A NINE OUT OF 10 FROM ME. WEATHER TIME NOW WITH RENEE. HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE COUNTRY FOR A FEW DAYS. THE TROUGH OVER SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA EDGES A LITTLE FURTHER EAST OVER TIME, BUT IS SLOWED IN ITS PROGRESS BY THE ANTICYCLONE. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ AND THAT'S YOUR WEATHER. SEE YOU TOMORROW. SOMEONE'S VACUUMING OUT THERE. CLEANING UP YOUR MESS, GREG. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. AND WE LEAVE YOU WITH SOME OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF THIS ELECTION NIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 'I'M ON FIRE' CAPTIONS BY RICHARD EDMUNDS AND CONOR WHITTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2012