IT'S MIDDAY, THURSDAY THE 20TH OF OCTOBER. SHOCK IN RAROTONGA AS A TINY ISLAND NATION REELS FROM A DOUBLE KILLING AND THE DRAMA THAT PLAYED OUT IN THE AFTERMATH. IT'S LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR TWO WOULD-BE PRESIDENTS. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE FINAL TRUMP VERSUS CLINTON TV DEBATE IS ON. AND HE'S RESTED AND READY ` KOHA THE TURTLE BEGINS HIS TRIP HOME. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF MIDDAY, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. AHIAHI MARIE. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS A MAN HUNT IN RAROTONGA FOR A DOUBLE KILLER WHO'D ESCAPED FROM JAIL IS NOW OVER. REPORTS OUT OF THE COOK ISLANDS SAY CHRIS RIMAMOTU, WHO IS THOUGHT TO HAVE SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX WIFE AND HER NEW PARTNER, TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. EARLIER, POLICE WARNED PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE THE 41-YEAR-OLD WAS HIDING. < DON'T GO UP THERE. WHY? < YOU'LL GET SHOT. GET SHOT? THERE ARE PEOPLE UP THERE WITH GUNS. THE DOUBLE SHOOTING ROCKED THE TINY ISLAND NATION, WHERE VIOLENT CRIME IS UNCOMMON. PEOPLE WERE TOLD TO STAY INDOORS WHILE RIMAMOTU WAS AT LARGE, AND 60 POLICE OFFICERS OF THE COOKS' 100-STRONG FORCE WERE PART OF THE OPERATION TO FIND HIM. THE JURY IN THE TRIAL OF GABLE TOSTEE, THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING LOWER HUTT WOMAN WARRIENA WRIGHT, GOES INTO DAY FOUR OF DELIBERATIONS SHORTLY. SO FAR THEY'VE STRUGGLED TO REACH A VERDICT. THE JUDGE HAS ASKED THE JURY TO CONTINUE DELIBERATING BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, WITHOUT FACTORING THE OUTCOME OF MS WRIGHT'S DEATH IN THEIR DECISION-MAKING. THE JURY RESUMES DELIBERATION AT 12.30 NZ TIME. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR HELP FROM ANYONE WHO SAW THIS BLACK SUBARU STATION WAGON PARKED ON THE BANKS OF WAIKATO RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF A WOMAN'S BODY IN THE RIVER LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A RESERVE ON THE RIVER SIDE OF ANN ST IN HAMILTON. THE WOMAN, BETH WINFIELD (23) FROM HAMILTON, WAS LAST SEEN PLAYING WITH HER TWO DOGS ON THE RIVERBANK NEAR THE RESERVE. CHRISTCHURCH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN NORTH HAGLEY PARK LAST NIGHT. POLICE WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO SAW THE ALLEGED OFFENDER, WHO IS DESCRIBED AS VERY TALL AND PART-MAORI WITH TATTOOS OR THE GIRL BETWEEN 3.30 AND 8.25PM YESTERDAY. IT'S LESS THAT TWO HOURS FROM THE THIRD AND FINAL US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN NEVADA. HILLARY CLINTON IS GOING INTO THE SHOWDOWN WITH A COMFORTABLE NINE-POINT LEAD OVER DONALD TRUMP. BUT HE'S NOT LETTING THAT INTIMIDATE HIM. INVITING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER, A TRUMP SUPPORTER, AS A SURPRISE GUEST. HERE'S THE ABC'S TOM LLAMAS. TONIGHT TENSIONS SO HIGH THIS TRADITION HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE CANDIDATES' FAMILIES WILL NO LONGER GREET EACH OTHER BEFORE THE DEBATE. AT THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN'S REQUEST, THEY WON'T EVEN CROSS PATHS. THIS AFTER DONALD TRUMP LURED REPORTERS INTO A ROOM HOURS BEFORE THE LAST DEBATE TO FIND HIM SURROUNDED BY WOMEN WHO'VE ACCUSED BILL CLINTON OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. TRUMP'S TEAM WANTED TO SEAT THE WOMEN IN THE FAMILY BOX SO THEY'D COME FACE TO FACE WITH BILL CLINTON ON THAT GREETING LINE. THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN TRYING TO AVOID ANYTHING LIKE THAT TONIGHT. BUT OTHER TRUMP STUNTS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, TRUMP INVITING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER, MALIK OBAMA. MALIK, WHO HAS A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BROTHER, IS SUPPORTING TRUMP. TONIGHT TRUMP WILL FACE TOUGH QUESTIONS ON HIS CLAIMS THE ELECTION COULD BE STOLEN FROM HIM. THEY EVEN WANNA TRY AND RIG THE ELECTION AT THE POLLING BOOTHS. TODAY HIS OWN CAMPAIGN MANAGER CONTRADICTED HIM. DO YOU BELIEVE THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD? NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT. TRUMP'S DAUGHTER, IVANKA, ALSO WEIGHING IN. ...IF HE'LL EITHER WIN OR HE WON'T WIN. AND I BELIEVE HE'LL ACCEPT THE OUTCOME EITHER WAY. AND TRUMP WILL HAVE TO ANSWER ACCUSATIONS HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND HARASSED WOMEN. BELIEVE ME, SHE WOULD NOT BE MY FIRST CHOICE. THAT I CAN TELL YOU. BUT TONIGHT TRUMP IS PROMISING A BRAWL, INCLUDING POINTED ATTACKS ON CLINTON'S HEALTH AND FOCUSING ON EMBARRASSING MATERIAL FROM THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN FROM HACKED EMAILS. WIKILEAKS! I LOVE WIKILEAKS. TRUMP TELLING ME THE MAN ON THAT STAGE TONIGHT WILL BE A FIGHTER. THERE'S A LOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT. SHE'S DONE A TERRIBLE JOB. A REMINDER THE DEBATE BEGINS AT 2PM NZ TIME, AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON OUR WEBSITE, ONENEWSNOW.CO.NZ ECUADOR HAS ADMITTED IT PARTLY RESTRICTED INTERNET ACCESS TO WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE, WHO IS TAKING REFUGE AT ITS LONDON EMBASSY. IT SAID MR ASSANGE HAD IN RECENT WEEKS RELEASED MATERIAL THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. ECUADOR INSISTED ITS MOVE WAS NOT THE RESULT OF PRESSURE FROM WASHINGTON. WIKILEAKS HAS ACCUSED THE US OF ASKING ECUADOR TO STOP THE SITE PUBLISHING DOCUMENTS ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON. JULIAN ASSANGE BEEN AT THE EMBASSY SINCE 2012 TO AVOID EXTRADITION TO SWEDEN OVER SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS. JUNIOR DOCTORS ARE NOW BACK AT WORK AFTER THEIR 48-HOUR STRIKE. DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS SAY THEY WANT TO RESUME TALKS AND HAVE INVITED THE JUNIOR DOCTORS' UNION BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. THE UNION'S PUSHING FOR 12-DAY CONSECUTIVE SHIFTS TO BE REDUCED TO 10, AND WEEK-LONG NIGHT SHIFTS TO BE CUT BACK TO FOUR. 3000 OF THEM WALKED OFF THE JOB FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING, FORCING THE COUNTRY'S 20 DISTRICT HEALTH BOARDS TO CANCEL THOUSANDS OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS. ANTI-1080 ACTIVIST PETER LUSK HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO WILFULLY TRESPASSING DURING A PROTEST ON THE WEST COAST LAST MONTH. LUSK WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE TRIED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF A HELICOPTER INVOLVED WITH 1080 DROPS IN SEPTEMBER NEAR SEDDONVILLE. HE REFUSED TO LEAVE THE SITE, OWNED BY NGAI TAHU PROPERTY, WHEN ORDERED TO BY A SECURITY GUARD. HE'LL REAPPEAR IN THE WESTPORT DISTRICT COURT NEXT MONTH. AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE BUT HYPOTHERMIC AFTER A TWO-DAY ORDEAL ON A QUEENSTOWN WALKING TRACK. ROBERT GALDAMEZ' RESCUE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING COMES AS THE MOUNTAIN SAFETY COUNCIL WARNS THAT INJURIES AND SEARCH-AND-RESCUE OPERATIONS MORE THAN DOUBLE AT LABOUR WEEKEND. WITH THE KIWI ATTITUDE, THE "SHE'LL BE RIGHT" AND THE CAN-DO ATTITUDE, PEOPLE, UM, TRY AND GET THEMSELVES OUT OF MISCHIEF AND END UP GETTING INTO MORE MISCHIEF. ANYONE HEADING OUTDOORS IS URGED TO PACK THE RIGHT GEAR AND CHECK THE WEATHER FORECAST. FIJI'S PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA HAS THIS MORNING BRUSHED OFF ANY HINT OF A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH JOHN KEY. DELIVERING A KEYNOTE SPEECH AT A TRADE EVENT IN AUCKLAND TO START HIS FOUR-DAY TRIP HERE. THE VISIT IS MR BAINIMARAMA'S FIRST AS PM, AND COMES AFTER A WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN NZ AND FIJI DURING LAST MONTH'S PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM. IT HASN'T REALLY AFFECTED THE WARMTH OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. HE KNOWS THAT I'M FRANK BY NAME AND FRANK BY NATURE. LAUGHTER MR BAINIMARAMA IS DUE TO MEET WITH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MURRAY MCCULLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN IRAQ, THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL IS IN ITS THIRD DAY, AND AID AGENCIES ARE WARNING OF A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AS CIVILIANS TRY TO FLEE THE CITY. SOME 5000 HAVE ALREADY CROSSED THE BORDER INTO SYRIA. IN ALL, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS COULD BE MADE HOMELESS AS THE FIGHTING INTENSIFIES. THE BBC'S JAMES LANDALE REPORTS. THE FLIGHT OF REFUGEES FROM MOSUL HAS BEGUN. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE GETTING OUT WHILE THEY HAVE THE CHANCE. AND MANY MORE ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW AS THE FIGHTING GETS CLOSER ` THAT IS, IF THEY CAN ESCAPE THE ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS DESPERATE TO KEEP THEM TRAPPED INSIDE. TRANSLATOR: ISLAMIC STATE HAD RUN AWAY, AND WE WALKED TOWARDS THE ARMY WITH THE FLAGS. THEY TOLD US 'WELCOME'. AND THIS IS WHERE THE REFUGEES ARE HEADING ` NEW CAMPS BEING SET UP AROUND MOSUL TO TAKE THE TENS IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THAT THE UN EXPECTS WILL NEED HUMANITARIAN AID AS THE BATTLE CONTINUES, A BATTLE THAT DIPLOMATS SAY COULD LAST, POTENTIALLY, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. ON THE GROUND, IRAQI TANKS AND OTHER FORCES CONTINUE TO TAKE CONTROL OF VILLAGES TO THE SOUTH OF MOSUL AS THE OPERATION ENTERED ITS THIRD DAY. BUT IT'S SLOW PROGRESS. THESE ALLIED KURDISH FIGHTERS, KNOWN AS PESHMERGA, ADVANCED FROM THE NORTH AND EAST BUT ARE STILL MANY MILES FROM THE CITY ITSELF. BOOM! BUT ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS, THOUGHT TO NUMBER AROUND 5000, ARE KEEN TO SHOW THEY'RE PUTTING UP A STIFF RESISTANCE, AND RELEASED THESE PICTURES OF THEM FIRING THEIR WEAPONS. BUT THE US MILITARY CLAIM THEIR LEADERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO ABANDON THEM. WE'VE SEEN MOVEMENT OUT OF MOSUL. WE'VE GOT INDICATION THAT LEADERS HAVE LEFT. THERE ARE FEWER DARSH FIGHTERS TODAY THAN THERE WERE YESTERDAY, AND THERE WILL BE FEWER TOMORROW THAN THERE ARE TODAY. SO AS THE FIGHTING CONTINUES, THESE CHILDREN AT LEAST HAVE FOUND SOME SAFETY. BUT THEY'RE JUST A FRACTION OF THE MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE STILL TRAPPED IN MOSUL. A POWERFUL JIHADIST GROUP HAS REJECTED A RUSSIAN PLAN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE SYRIAN CITY OF ALEPPO. JABHAT FATEH AL-SHAM, PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE AL-NUSRA FRONT, HAS VOWED TO FIGHT ON. RUSSIA'S PROPOSED THAT FIGHTERS AND CIVILIANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN 11-HOUR 'HUMANITARIAN PAUSE' TOMORROW TO LEAVE BESIEGED REBEL-HELD AREAS. GOVERNMENT FORCES BACKED BY RUSSIAN AIR STRIKES LAUNCHED AN ALL-OUT ASSAULT ON THE AREA SINCE LAST MONTH. MORE THAN 2000 HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED IN THE BOMBARDMENT. INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT SAYS PAEDOPHILIA COULD BE 'WIPED OUT' BY THE COUNTRY'S NEW POLICY OF CHEMICAL CASTRATION. PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO SAYS INDONESIA RESPECTS HUMAN RIGHTS BUT IT WILL NOT SHOW MERCY OVER CHILD SEX CRIMES. THE CONTROVERSIAL LAW WAS PASSED EARLIER THIS MONTH AFTER FIERCE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE. INDONESIA'S DOCTORS ASSOCIATION SAYS ITS MEMBERS SHOULD NOT BE INVOLVED AS THE PROCEDURE WOULD VIOLATE MEDICAL ETHICS. A SUSPECTED ISIS MILITANT WHO WAS PLANNING A SUICIDE BOMBING HAS BEEN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN TURKEY. THE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A RAID ON AN APARTMENT IN ANKARA AFTER THEY IGNORED OPENED FIRE ON POLICE. IT'S BELIEVED THE SUSPECT WAS PLANNING A SUICIDE ATTACK IN THE CITY TO COINCIDE WITH TURKEY'S REPUBLIC DAY LATER THIS MONTH. A POLICE VAN HAS RAMMED PROTESTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES CAPITAL, MANILA, AS A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY TURNED VIOLENT. HUNDREDS HAD MET TO DEMAND THE US END ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. TEAR GAS WAS USED AGAINST THE DEMONSTRATORS. 23 WERE ARRESTED. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY WERE INJURED BY THE VAN, BUT AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. SCIENTISTS ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR IF A ROBOT HAS SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON MARS. RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST WITH THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY PROBE JUST BEFORE IT TOUCHED DOWN. THE JOURNEY'S TAKEN SEVEN MONTHS AND IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO REACH MARS SINCE A FAILED MISSION THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. THE BBC'S DAVID SHUKMAN HAS MORE. CHEERING, APPLAUSE IT'S BEEN A STRANGE DAY HERE AT MISSION CONTROL. ONE MINUTE THERE WERE CHEERS AND HUGS AS AN ORBITING SPACECRAFT STARTED CIRCLING ABOVE MARS TO LOOK FOR CLUES ABOUT LIFE. BUT THEN CAME LONG HOURS OF TENSION AS A SECOND PART OF THE MISSION LOOKED TO BE IN TROUBLE. WE EXPECTED IT TO CONTINUE, BUT IT CLEARLY DID NOT. THE PLAN WAS FOR A LANDER TO DESCEND TO THE SURFACE. WE KNOW THAT IT MADE IT MOST OF THE WAY. THUD, WIND WHOOSHES ITS PARACHUTE DEFINITELY OPENED. BUT AFTER THAT? WELL, IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYTHING WENT WRONG AT THIS STAGE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ANY MORE. < BUT IT'S POSSIBLE, THEN, THAT IT IS ON THE SURFACE, < INTACT AND FUNCTIONING, JUST NOT COMMUNICATING. UH, THAT IS ONE POSSIBILITY, BUT WHO KNOWS. WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW AND DISCOVER WHAT WE FIND. < COULD BE IN PIECES. < YOU'RE NOT SPECULATING ON THAT? I'M NOT SPECULATING. THIS IS HOW THE LANDING SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT THERE'S NO DATA ABOUT THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE DESCENT. IN FOUR YEARS' TIME, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IS PLANNING TO SEND A ROVER TO MARS TO HUNT FOR LIFE. BUT TODAY'S UNCERTAINTY CLEARLY WON'T HELP. LET'S FACE IT. IF WE DON'T GET TO THE SURFACE OF MARS, IT'S A HUGE KNOCK. BUT, UH, WE DIDN'T... WE DIDN'T CONQUER THE SOLAR SYSTEM OR START TO CONQUER THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY STOPPING EVERY TIME WE GOT A KNOCK. THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND OUT IF THE GREAT CANYONS OF MARS HOST LIFE, TO SEE IF WE REALLY ARE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE. THAT QUEST MAY TAKE LONGER THAN PLANNED. A CHAIN-SMOKING CHIMPANZEE IS ATTRACTING VISITORS TO A NEWLY-RENOVATED ZOO IN NORTH KOREA BUT CRITICISED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. 19-YEAR-OLD FEMALE CHIMPANZEE AZALEA CAN LIGHT HER OWN CIGARETTES USING A LIGHTER TOSSED INTO HER CAGE BY A TRAINER. SHE SMOKES ABOUT A PACK A DAY, AND ZOO OFFICIALS SAY SHE DOESN'T INHALE. ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE ZOO IS MOTIVATED BY PROFIT AND NOT ANIMAL WELFARE. THE ZOO ALSO HAS A MONKEY THAT CAN SLAM DUNK AND DOGS WHO CAN USE AN ABACUS. AN ENDANGERED TURTLE THAT WASHED UP IN DARGAVILLE IN 2014 HAS SET SAIL FROM NZ AFTER BEING NURSED BACK TO HEALTH. KOHA THE HAWKSBILL TURTLE WAS FOUND IN AN EMACIATED STATE BUT IS NOW FIGHTING FIT AND HEADING FOR THE KERMADECS TO BE RELEASED BACK TO SEA. THE TURTLE WAS BLESSED IN A CEREMONY AT AUCKLAND'S WYNYARD WHARF, BEFORE BEING LOADED ONBOARD. MARINE BIOLOGISTS FROM KELLY TARLTON'S WILL KEEP TABS ON KOHA WITH A SATELLITE TRACKER TAG. STILL TO COME ON MIDDAY ` WE'LL TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NASTINESS OF THE US ELECTION AND LOOK BACK AT MICHELLE OBAMA'S LEGACY AS A FASHION ICON IN THE WHITE HOUSE. AND SOME CHANGES TO THE ALL BLACKS SQUAD. THE TEAM IS NAMED, AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR QUEST TO CLINCH HISTORY AT EDEN PARK. IT'S ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE WORLD LOOKED ON IN HORROR AS THE PARIS ATTACKS UNFOLDED. ANTOINE LEIRIS' WIFE, HELENE, DIED IN THE BATACLAN THEATRE. HIS LETTER TO THE ATTACKERS, ENTITLED 'YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATE', WAS VIEWED BY TENS OF MILLIONS ONLINE. THE BBC'S DAMIAN GRAMMATICAS SPOKE WITH HIM. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU STOLE AWAY THE LIFE OF AN EXCEPTIONAL BEING, THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, THE MOTHER OF MY SON, BUT YOU WILL NOT HAVE MY HATRED. I DO NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE, AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. YOU ARE DEAD SOULS. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. TODAY, ANTOINE LEIRIS REMAINS DEFIANT, DIGNIFIED, AS DETERMINED NOT TO HATE. TO ME, IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO NOT FALL IN CRAZINESS, NOT TURN MAD, SO I STICK TO IT. YES, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT. SOMETIMES HATE COMES AND KNOCKS ON MY DOOR AND SAYS, 'HEY, I'M HERE. I'M SIMPLE, I'M EASY, I'M COMFORTABLE, 'AND YOU CAN GO WITH ME. IT WILL BE EASIER FOR YOU.' BUT I JUST LET HER OUT OF OUR HOUSE. AND, YES, I THINK IT WAS A GOOD CHOICE FOR US ` THE ONLY CHOICE. BUT NOT AN EASY CHOICE. HIS NEW BOOK IS AN INTIMATE DIARY ` HOW HE DEALT WITH THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE HELENE AT THE BATACLAN. READS: 'WHEN YOU CLOSE THAT PERSON'S EYES, 'YOU GIVE THEM BACK A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE. 'SHE LOOKS LIKE THE WOMAN I WATCHED WAKE UP EACH MORNING.' GRIEF IS A COMPANION FOR ME. IT IS PRECIOUS. I WANT TO KEEP IT WITH ME. BECAUSE IT'S A CONNECTION TO YOUR WIFE? BECAUSE IT'S A TESTIMONY OF` LIKE, EVEN A PHYSICAL TESTIMONY. IT'S A TESTIMONY OF HOW I LOVED HELENE. RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE REMAINS OF A NAZI WEATHER STATION IN THE ARCTIC. ESTABLISHED IN 1943 UNDER CODE NAME 'TREASURE HUNTER', THE STATION SENT WEATHER DATA FROM ENEMY-CONTROLLED REGIONS TO THE GERMANS DURING WORLD WAR II. AN EXPEDITION HAS MANAGED TO COLLECT MORE THAN 500 ITEMS OF HISTORICAL VALUE, WELL PRESERVED IN THE HARSH CLIMATE. NOW, SHE'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE CLOTHES SHE WORE, BUT IT'S FAIR TO SAY FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S ALSO EARNED PRAISE DURING THE PAST EIGHT YEARS FOR HER STYLE. AND AT HER LAST OFFICIAL DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, SHE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT FASHION WATCHERS, AS THE ABC'S PAULA FARIS REPORTS. THE 14TH AND FINAL STATE DINNER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, AND MICHELLE OBAMA'S LAST AS FIRST LADY, AND SHE MADE IT ONE TO REMEMBER IN FASHION HISTORY, STUNNING IN A SHIMMERING ROSE GOLD CHAINMAIL GOWN BY VERSACE. PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYING AS THEY ARRIVED, 'ALL THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS YOU.' FASHION CRITIC ROBIN GIVHAN, WHO HAS WRITTEN ABOUT THE FIRST LADY'S STYLE FOR YEARS, HERALDED THE LOOK FOR IT'S PURE HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR. THE VERSACE DRESS STANDS OUT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SEXY, SLINKY DRESS. IT'S BY AN ITALIAN DESIGNER, IN KEEPING WITH HER TRADITION OF, IN SOME WAY, ACKNOWLEDGING THE COUNTRY THAT THEY'RE HOSTING. SINCE THE OBAMAS' VERY FIRST STATE DINNER IN 2009 FOR THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, THE FIRST LADY HAS SHOWCASED SHOW-STOPPING GOWNS, MANY BY AMERICAN DESIGNERS, WELCOMING CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER EARLIER THIS YEAR IN A STRAPLESS JASON WU, AND THIS 2010 DAZZLING DRESS DESIGNED BY PETER SORONEN FOR A DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT. THE FIRST LADY GOING FURTHER AFIELD FOR FASHION INSPIRATION. THIS SHOW-STOPPER FROM ALEXANDER MCQUEEN FOR A DINNER FOR THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA. AND THIS MEMORABLE MARCHESA WHEN HOSTING THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER IN 2012. AND THE FIRST LADY'S FASHION LEGACY GOES FAR BEYOND FORMAL OCCASIONS. SHE'S EMBRACED BOLD COLOURS AND KNEE-LENGTH FROCKS, MIXING PRICEY PIECES WITH OFF-THE-RACK ITEMS FROM BRANDS LIKE J.CREW. SHE'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY SAVVY ABOUT HER USE OF FASHION, BOTH TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S ANOTHER WORKING MOTHER, OR WHETHER IT'S A DIGNITARY. THE FIRST LADY'S SENSE OF STYLE FLAWLESS. PERHAPS SHE'LL FOLLOW IN HILLARY'S FOOTSTEPS AND ALSO RUN FOR OFFICE ONE DAY. TO SPORT, AND JUST THREE CHANGES TO THE ALL BLACKS SIDE AS THEY FACE AUSTRALIA AT EDEN PARK ON SATURDAY. WINGER JULIAN SAVEA RETURNS TO THE NUMBER 11 JERSEY AFTER A BREAK IN SOUTH AFRICA. THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE STARTING TEAM. AARON CRUDEN'S BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH, AS HAS MALAKAI FEKITOA. COACH STEVE HANSEN SAYS THE SQUAD IS FEELING REFRESHED AND RARING TO GO IN THIS POTENTIALLY WORLD RECORD-BREAKING TEST AS THE ABs AIM FOR AN 18TH STRAIGHT VICTORY AT EDEN PARK. BRENDON MCCULLUM'S SPOKEN ABOUT HOW HE FELT HE HAD A MORAL OBLIGATION TO TESTIFY AGAINST CHRIS CAIRNS OVER MATCH-FIXING ALLEGATIONS. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE FORMER BLACK CAPS CAPTAIN HAS SPOKEN PUBLICLY ABOUT APPEARING AT THE LONDON TRIAL ALMOST A YEAR AGO. I'M SURE HE'LL GET ON WITH HIS LIFE AND I'LL GET ON WITH MINE. AND LET'S HOPE THEY NEVER CROSS PATHS. I'M DONE WITH IT NOW, AND I WANNA MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND I SURE AS HELL HOPE THAT MY CAREER IS NOT DEFINED BY MY INVOLVEMENT WITH CHRIS CAIRNS. MCCULLUM ALSO TALKS ABOUT THE TRIAL IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DECLARED, WHICH IS BEING RELEASED TODAY. SILVER FERN LAURA LANGMAN'S PREPARING TO PLAY HER LAST GAME IN THE BLACK DRESS ` FOR NOW, ANYWAY. TONIGHT'S FINAL CONSTELLATION CUP TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN INVERCARGILL WILL BE HER 141ST CONSECUTIVE GAME FOR NZ. BUT AFTER SIGNING UP FOR AN AUSSIE CLUB, SHE WON'T BE ELIGIBLE NEXT YEAR. AND THE MIDCOURTER DOESN'T MIND RISKING SOMEONE ELSE CLAIMING HER SPOT IN HER ABSENCE. A BIG AIM FOR US IN OUR ENVIRONMENT IS TO CREATE THE INTERNAL COMPETITION. AND I THINK, UM, THE MORE COMPETITION WE HAVE, THE GREATER WE'LL BE WHEN WE COME UP AGAINST THE WORLD CHAMPIONS. BUT IT'S UNLIKELY SHE'LL BE AWAY FOR EVER, THE 30-YEAR-OLD SAYING SHE HOPES TO BE BACK WITH THE FERNS AT THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES ON THE GOLD COAST. THE AFTERNOON'S WEATHER IS NEXT. PLUS ` WE'VE ALREADY HAD A TURTLE AND A CHIMPANZEE. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. AN ADORABLE STRAY KITTEN MAKES A SURPRISE DEBUT ON LIVE TELEVISION. YOUR WEATHER'S NEXT, BUT FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT OUR TOP STORIES. REPORTS OUT OF THE COOK ISLANDS SAY ESCAPED PRISONER CHRIS RIMAMOTU, WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX-WIFE AND HER NEW PARTNER, HAS TAKEN HIS OWN LIFE. AND THE THIRD AND FINAL US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE KICKS OFF AT 2PM, WITH HILLARY CLINTON HAVING A NINE-POINT LEAD OVER DONALD TRUMP. NOW TO THE WEATHER. SHOWERS SPREAD UP THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. FINE IN THE NORTH ISLAND BUT SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LATER. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ SOME WILL GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO GET THEIR 15 MINUTES OF FAME. CHECK OUT THIS CUTE STRAY CAT WHO GAVE THE PRESENTER ON THIS TURKISH TV SHOW A SURPRISE BY JOINING HIM ON SET. SHE'S BEEN ADOPTED BY A CREW MEMBER. THANKS FOR JOINING US. THE 1 NEWS HOUR WILL BE HERE AT SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAPTIONS BY PHILIP MCKIBBIN AND TRACEY DAWSON. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016