HELLO. It was a tale of two halves across the country. Do a warm westerlies in the North and a cooler southerly and the South barely above 10degrees. Some wet weather over the next two days, and a long weekend is looking good. RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF 1 NEWS, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. NO HANDSHAKE AND STILL POLES APART. DONALD THINKS BELITTLING WOMEN MAKES HIM BIGGER. NOBODY HAS MORE RESPECT FOR WOMEN THAN I DO. NOBODY. THE BARBS FLY IN THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AS DONALD TRUMP HINTS HE'LL REJECT THE ELECTION RESULT. WILL GABLE TOSTEE LEARN HIS FATE SOON? MORE DRAMA WITH THE JURY AT THE TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS KIWI TINDER DATE. TROUBLE IN PARADISE. THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A PRISON ESCAPE IN THE COOK ISLANDS, A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR KIWI TOURISTS. KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. TRUMP VERSUS CLINTON ` ROUND THREE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ENDED WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY MOVE FROM DONALD TRUMP. HE'S SUGGESTED HE MIGHT REJECT THE OUTCOME OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IF HE LOSES. TRUMP'S COMMENT GOES AGAINST HIS OWN REPUBLICAN PARTY AND ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. HILLARY CLINTON CALLED IT HORRIFYING AS THE TWO CANDIDATES TRADED BLOWS IN THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TILL THE ELECTION IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS. HERE'S JACK TAME, WHO'LL BE IN THE US COVERING THE ELECTION FOR 1 NEWS. IT WAS DO OR DIE TONIGHT FOR DONALD TRUMP... SHE'S GUILTY OF A VERY VERY SERIOUS CRIME. SHE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RUN, AND JUST IN THAT RESPECT, I SAY IT'S RIGGED. ...AND A CASE OF REMAINING COLLECTED FOR FRONTRUNNER HILLARY CLINTON. THERE WAS EVEN A TIME WHEN HE DIDN'T GET AN EMMY FOR HIS TV PROGRAMME THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND HE STARTED TWEETING THAT THE EMMYS WERE RIGGED AGAINST HIM. SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT. LAUGHTER THIS IS A MINDSET. AND THEN CAME THE REAL SHOWSTOPPER OF THIS DEBATE, WITH TRUMP REFUSING TO SAY IF HE'LL ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULT IF IT DOESN'T GO HIS WAY. I WILL TELL YOU AT THE TIME. I'LL KEEP YOU IN SUSPENSE. IN THIS INCREASINGLY BITTER RACE, THERE WAS SOME RESTRAINT, SOME ACTUAL POLICY DEBATE BUT THEN ALSO PLENTY OF ZINGERS. CLINTON BRANDED TRUMP AS A DANGEROUS CANDIDATE, URGING VOTERS NOT TO PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND CALLING HIM A 'PUPPET' OF VLADIMIR PUTIN. THAT'S BECAUSE HE'D RATHER HAVE A PUPPET AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. NO PUPPET. NO PUPPET. YOU'RE THE PUPPET. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR YOU WON'T ADMIT THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE ENGAGED IN CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT YOU ENCOURAGED. THE TEFLON DON WAS AGAIN FORCED TO ADDRESS ALLEGATIONS HE'S A SEXUAL PREDATOR. AND I DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGISE TO MY WIFE, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE, COS I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE WOMEN. I DIDN'T SEE THESE WOMEN. DONALD THINKS BELITTLING WOMEN MAKES HIM BIGGER. HE GOES AFTER THEIR DIGNITY, THEIR SELF-WORTH, AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS A WOMAN ANYWHERE WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE. THE BILLIONAIRE'S BUSINESS PRACTICES ALSO CAME SCRUTINY. THE TRUMP HOTEL RIGHT HERE IN LAS VEGAS WAS MADE WITH CHINESE STEEL. SO HE GOES AROUND WITH CROCODILE TEARS ABOUT HOW TERRIBLE IT IS, BUT HE HAS GIVEN JOBS TO CHINESE STEEL WORKERS, NOT AMERICAN STEEL WORKERS. TRUMP FIRED BACK BY CALLING CLINTON A LIAR AND REFERRING TO HER AS 'HILLARY' RATHER THAN 'SECRETARY OF STATE' AS HE HAS IN PREVIOUS DEBATES. AND YOU DO HAVE EXPERIENCE. I SAY THE ONE THING YOU HAVE OVER ME IS EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S BAD EXPERIENCE. BUT CLINTON REMAINED ABOVE THE FRAY. SUCH A NASTY WOMAN. THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND... THE PERFORMANCE OF BOTH CANDIDATES PROBABLY DID LITTLE TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE RACE. AND JACK'S WITH US NOW. AND YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS? I think he did from the first two. In the first half an hour he was more articulate on complicated policy then he was earlier. But Hillary Clinton also Clinton, she just kept going forward. Neither candidate did anything significant To lose or win large numbers of voters. Trump said that Clinton is president would be four more years of Obama, but Obama is enjoying high approval ratings, so that is a bizarre thing to say. But given the United States history with extreme right wing militia and awful partisan divide for him to not say if he would accept the results of the election was a scary moment THANKS, JACK. AS WELL AS JACK, POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN WILL ALSO BE IN THE US COVERING THE ELECTION. HE'S WITH US NOW. HOW CLOSE IS THIS ELECTION LIKELY TO BE, CORIN? WELL, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THE LATEST POLLS AND ANALYSIS. A CNN POLL OF POLLS THIS WEEK HAS HILLARY CLINTON WELL OUT IN FRONT WITH 47% SUPPORT ` EIGHT POINTS CLEAR OF DONALD TRUMP ON 39. A LEAD THIS BIG NATIONALLY SHOWS A CLEAR CLINTON WIN. BUT US VOTERS AREN'T VOTING NATIONALLY. THEY ARE VOTING TO DECIDE WHICH CANDIDATE GETS THEIR STATE'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES. THESE ARE ALLOCATED IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION, FOR EXAMPLE CALIFORNIA, THE POPULOUS STATE, HAS 55. THERE ARE 538 ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES UP FOR GRABS. TO WIN YOU NEED TO SECURE 270. HERE IN BLUE ARE THE STATES HILLARY CLINTON IS EXPECTED TO WIN. THEY WOULD GIVE HER 259 COLLEGE VOTES. IN RED ARE THE STATES DONALD TRUMP CAN COUNT ON ` ONLY 158. NEITHER, THOUGH, HAS THE MAGIC 270 NUMBER. WHAT'S LEFT ARE THE STATES WHERE THE RESULT ISN'T TOTALLY CLEAR. IT'S THESE SO-CALLED BATTLEGROUND STATES THAT'LL DECIDE THE ELECTION. TWO OF THE BIG SWING STATES TO WATCH CLOSELY IN YELLOW ARE OHIO AND FLORIDA, AS BOTH HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES ON OFFER. AT THE MOMENT POLLS HAVE CLINTON LEADING IN FLORIDA, BUT TRAILING NARROWLY IN ONE POLL IN OHIO. HOWEVER CLINTON'S POSITION IS STRONG. SHE CAN STILL WIN WITHOUT OHIO. TRUMP, ON THE OTHER HAND, MUST WIN BOTH OHIO AND FLORIDA IF HE IS TO GET THE 270. SO WHILE HIS VOTE HASN'T TOTALLY COLLAPSED, A WIN FOR TRUMP NOW LOOKS INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY. AND THE RESULT OF A SNAP POLL ON THE WINNER OF THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WON'T HELP DONALD TRUMP. A CNN POLL OF DEBATE WATCHERS JUST OUT SHOWS HILLARY CLINTON WINNING WITH 52% AND TRUMP WITH 39% SUPPORT. THE NUMBERS SHOWING CLINTON COMING OUT ON TOP IN ALL THREE DEBATES BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES. RESIDENTS OF THE USUALLY PEACEFUL COOK ISLANDS ARE IN SHOCK AFTER A PRISON ESCAPE LED TO THE DEATHS OF THREE PEOPLE. IT'S ALLEGED THE RUNAWAY INMATE KILLED HIS EX-WIFE AND HER NEW PARTNER BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. OUR PACIFIC CORRESPONDENT BARBARA DREAVER REPORTS FROM RAROTONGA. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. IN DAYLIGHT THERE'S LITTLE TO REFLECT THE HORROR OF THE NIGHT. IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY TRAUMATISING, AND WHAT THE VILLAGE NEEDS AND WHAT THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY NEEDS IS COMFORT AND SUPPORT. IT'S HERE THAT MERE DEAN DIED, SHOT DEAD BY HER EX-PARTNER, ESCAPED PRISONER CHRIS RIMAMOTU, AND HER CURRENT BOYFRIEND, ROGER TAUAREA, WAS SHOT AND CHASED DOWN THE ROAD BUT DOWNED IN A HAIL OF BULLETS. HE WAS TARGETED JUST OVER A WOMAN. SAD TO SEE HIM GO. PRISONER CHRIS RIMAMOTU HAD LEFT THE JAIL ACCOMPANIED BY A WARDEN TO SUPPOSEDLY COLLECT TOOLS FROM HIS PROPERTY. INSTEAD HE GOT A .22 RIFLE. ESCAPED PRISONER CHRIS RIMAMOTU AND MERE DEAN'S SON (9) FORTUNATELY WASN'T AT THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING; HE WAS AT CHURCH. HE IS NOW IN THE CARE OF CLOSE FAMILY. ON THE RUN OVERNIGHT, CHRIS RIMAMOTU WAS CORNERED THIS MORNING, POLICE PREVENTING OUR CAMERAS FROM GOING ANY FURTHER. YOU CAN'T GO UP THERE. WHY? YOU WILL GET SHOT. WE'LL GET SHOT? THERE ARE PEOPLE UP THERE WITH GUNS. TODAY MP FOR THE AREA SELINA MATENGA WAS VISITING AFFECTED FAMILY MEMBERS, TRYING TO PULL HER SHATTERED COMMUNITY TOGETHER. We are organising up prayer service. TODAY THE POLICE WERE UNDER FIRE THEMSELVES, CRITICISED FOR A SLOW RESPONSE. This event was evolving quickly. We already had two deceased people, and our priority was no more deaths. AN INVESTIGATION IS PENDING TO FIND OUT WHY CHRIS RIMAMOTU ESCAPED CUSTODY, LEAVING TRAGEDY IN HIS WAKE. AND BARBARA JOINS US LIVE FROM RAROTONGA. COULD ANYONE HAVE SEEN THIS TRAGEDY COMING? I was speaking to an ex-prisoner this afternoon, and he said they all knew there was bad blood. It was generally acknowledged between the two. And they were shocked that he was allowed out of the prison, where he easily escaped. And as questions of how he had begun and the ammunition. These are questions the community one answer is to. THANKS. BARBARA DREAVER IN THE COOK ISLANDS. 'I'M FRANK BY NAME AND FRANK BY NATURE.' THE WORDS OF INTRODUCTION FROM FIJIAN PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA ON HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO NZ. HE'S BRUSHING OFF ANY TALK OF A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH JOHN KEY AND SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING THE RED-CARPET TREATMENT. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. CHEERING BASKING IN THE GLORY OF A STATE VISIT TO NZ. CHILDREN: BULA! BULA! ITS THE FIRST TIME FRANK BAINIMARAMA HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY WELCOMED HERE AS FIJI'S LEADER. I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE IN NZ, OF COURSE, FOR MY FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT. THAT OFFICAL STATUS MEANS HE'S BEEN CHAUFFEURED AROUND AUCKLAND WITH A LARGE ENTOURAGE IN TOW AND BEEN PAMPERED BY OUR POLITICIANS. AND HE SEEMS TO BE LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM AS A WAY OF REENGAGING WITH NZ. WE WANTED MR BAINIMARAMA'S REACTION TOO. PRIME MINISTER, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU THAT THIS IS A STATE VISIT? THE FIJIAN LEADER WOULDN'T ALLOW ANY QUESTIONS ALL DAY. TO COINCIDE WITH THIS TRIP, THE FIJIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS LIFTED THE BAN ON SOME NZ JOURNALISTS. HE SENT THE MESSAGE THEY ARE NOW VERY WELCOME TO COME TO REPORT ON FIJI. IT'S A GREAT MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF FIJI SHOWING THE WORLD THAT IT'S SERIOUS ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND OTHER ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY. MR BAINIMARAMA HAS A LONG-HELD GRUDGE AGAINST NZ OVER THE WAY HE WAS TREATED WHEN HE TOOK CONTROL OF FIJI IN A MILITARY COUP. IN A RECONCILIATION BID, JOHN KEY VISITED SUVA IN JUNE. THE FIJIAN LEADER TOOK THE OPPOURTUNTIY TO CORRECT NZ JOURNALISTS ON REPORTS HE GAVE MR KEY A HARD TIME. HE KNOWS THAT I AM FRANK BY NAME AND FRANK BY NATURE. LAUGHTER THE FRANK LEADER WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE RED-CARPET TREATMENT AT A FULL REGALIA CEREMONY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON SATURDAY. JESSICA MUTCH, 1 NEWS. THE RESCUE OF AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST NEAR QUEENSTOWN IS AGAIN HIGHLIGHTING THE PROBLEM OF TRAMPERS NOT BEING PREPARED. HE WAS FOUND COLD BUT ALIVE AFTER A DAY WALK TURNED INTO A TWO-DAY NIGHTMARE. THIS COMES AS OUTDOORS SAFETY ADVOCATES WARN OF CHANGEABLE SPRING WEATHER AHEAD OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. KIM SAVAGE HAS MORE. AMBULANCE STAFF WORK TO WARM ROBERT GALDAMEZ AFTER TWO NIGHTS ON THIS STEEP HILLTOP NEAR QUEENSTOWN. RESCUERS, WITH THE HELP OF DOGS, FOUND HIM IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, HYPOTHERMIC BUT ALIVE. IT'S EVENTS LIKE THIS WHICH WILL SEARCH AND RESCUE VOLUNTEERS LIKE JEREMY PATERSON ON STANDBY THIS LABOUR WEEKEND. THE 'SHE'LL BE RIGHT' AND THE CAN-DO ATTITUDE ` PEOPLE TRY AND GET THEMSELVES OUT OF MISCHIEF AND END UP GETTING INTO MORE MISCHIEF. FROM AN AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF 1.4 SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, THAT GOES UP TO THREE OVER LABOUR WEEKEND, AND INJURIES RISE FROM 15.2 ON AVERAGE TO 32. BROKEN DOWN INTO ACTIVITIES, SEARCHES FOR TRAMPERS GO UP FROM 0.9 TO 1.9, AND INJURIES FROM 7.8 TO 19. HUNTING, MOUNTAIN BIKING AND TRAIL RUNNING ALSO RISE. IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR KIWIS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO GET OUT TO THE OUTDOORS, BUT IT'S ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, A PRETTY VARIABLE TIME WITH THE WEATHER. LABOUR WEEKEND 2013, CLIMBERS HIROKI OGAWA AND NICOLE SUTTON DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA ON MT TARANAKI. A CORONER SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED A REMINDER TO ADVENTURERS TO PLAN FOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. EVERYWHERE WILL SEE A LITTLE SUNSHINE, SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME RAIN AROUND. SOME OF THAT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT AND HEAVY. SO IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT, ESPECIALLY UP TO THOSE ALPINE OR SEMI-ALPINE REGIONS, DO CHECK THE FORECAST BEFORE YOU GO. ALWAYS TAKE A RAINCOAT, SUNHAT, BEANIE, GLOVES, SUNBLOCK, FIRST-AID KIT. AS MUCH AS JEREMY LOVES HIS WORK,... CERTAINLY, IT'D BE NICE NOT TO GET A PHONE CALL. PREPARED FOR ONE NONETHELESS. KIM SAVAGE, 1 NEWS. THE JURY IN THE GABLE TOSTEE MURDER TRIAL STILL HASN'T DELIVERED A VERDICT TONIGHT, BUT THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF LEGAL WRANGLING GOING ON INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN BRISBANE. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS IS THERE AND JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH THE LATEST. Things have been very stalled here. The jury have come to a verdict, but that has been delayed by legal argument that is still going on in court. It is the fourth day of the liberation, and we are into the second week. Gable Tostee pleaded not guilty and we will bring new development. THANKS, RUTH. ON THE FRONT LINE AND THE DANGEROUS ROAD TO MOSUL ` IRAQI TROOPS AND THEIR GENERAL UNDER FIRE FROM SUICIDE BOMBERS. THE DRAMATIC ACTION FROM THE BATTLE ZONE. PLUS WHAT HAPPENED TO A MISSION TO THE RED PLANET? QUESTIONS OVER WHETHER A EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY LANDER SURVIVED ITS ARRIVAL ON MARS. AND THE CALL FOR LOST PAINTINGS BY A KIWI MASTER WAS ANSWERED. THE POWERFUL PICTURES FROM OUR PAST THAT ARE ALL IN A NEW EXHIBITION. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER HAS ADMITTED SHE KNEW OF THE TENSIONS BETWEEN DAME LOWELL GODDARD AND THE PANEL MEMBERS OF THE UK CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY. THE FORMER NZ HIGH COURT JUDGE HAS BEEN CRITICISED OVER HER CONDUCT WHILE SHE WAS CHAIR OF THE INQUIRY. GODDARD RESIGNED FROM THE POSITION IN AUGUST THIS YEAR. UK PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY SAYS SHE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WHILE SHE WAS HOME SECRETARY. BUT SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T INTERVENE BECAUSE NO OFFICIAL COMPLAINT WAS MADE. THE US MILITARY SAYS THERE ARE SIGNS THAT ISIS LEADERS HAVE FLED MOSUL AS IRAQI FORCES CLOSE IN ON THE CITY, BUT THOSE TROOPS ARE NOW FACING INCREASING RESISTANCE, WITH THE EXTREMIST FORCES USING SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBS. THE BBC'S JONATHAN BEALE HAS BEEN WITH AN IRAQI RAPID REACTION UNIT. HERE'S HIS REPORT. THERE WAS A BRIEF PAUSE AND A CHANCE TO REGROUP BEFORE THE IRAQI ARMY RESUMED ITS OFFENSIVE ON MOSUL. AROUND 70 VILLAGES HAVE TO BE CLEARED BEFORE THEY REACH THE CITY ITSELF ` 30 MILES AWAY. WE TRAVELLED WITH GENERAL ABBAS AS HE PREPARED TO ADVANCE. SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE OR DAESH FIGHTERS HAD ALREADY BEEN SPOTTED. WE INCHED FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY, AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING, THIS ` SHOUTING THREE SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBS WERE APPROACHING AT SPEED. BEEPING (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) THEY PUT THEIR FOOT DOWN, TAKING EVASIVE MANOEUVRES. TWO ATTACKERS NEVER REACHED THEIR TARGET. EXPLOSIONS, SHOUTING THE IRAQI ARMY FINISHED OFF THE THIRD. DANGEROUS? > (SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE) DANGER JOB, YEAH. (CHUCKLES) WE FIGHT. WE ARE FIGHTERS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE SOLIDER. ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT TRUCK BOMBS? THE THREAT IT IS TO YOUR MEN? > YEAH. I WOULD BE WORRIED, BECAUSE THERE ARE MY MEN. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED WITH REPORTS OF MORE I.S. FIGHTERS ON THE MOVE. BANG! WHILE SOME OF THEM WERE KILLED, MOST MANAGED TO ESCAPE. MACHINE GUNFIRE BACK ON THE MOVE, BUT IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE WE WERE HALTED IN OUR TRACKS. INDISTINCT RADIO TRANSMISSION, GUNFIRE THERE WERE REPEATED HARRYING ATTACKS. IN ONE AFTERNOON, THEY BARELY MOVED FORWARD A MILE, AND THE FIGHT'S EXPECTED TO BE MUCH TOUGHER IN MOSUL ` STILL 30 MILES AWAY. THERE ARE THOUGHT TO BE UP TO 5000 ISIS FIGHTERS STILL IN MOSUL. REMAINS OF A SECRET NAZI BASE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE ARCTIC. A GROUP OF RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS FOUND THE RELICS THOUGHT TO BE FROM A WEATHER STATION USED BY THE GERMANS DURING WORLD WAR II. IN THE ABSENCE OF INTERNATIONAL WEATHER REPORTS DURING THE WAR, GERMANY GATHERED ITS OWN INFORMATION IN THE ARCTIC TO GUIDE SUBMARINES AND SHIPS ALONG THE NORTHERN SEA ROUTE. AFTER A JOURNEY OF SEVEN MONTHS AND HALF A BILLION KILOMETRES, THERE'S GROWING PESSIMISM THAT A EUROPEAN PROBE WHICH ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON MARS HAS BEEN LOST. AS THE BBC'S DAVID SHUKMAN REPORTS, TRACKING OF THE SCHIAPARELLI ROBOT'S RADIO SIGNALS WAS DROPPED LESS THAN A MINUTE BEFORE IT WAS EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE RED PLANET. 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. 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. ITS PARACHUTE DEFINITELY OPENED. BUT AFTER THAT, WELL, IT'S NOT ENCOURAGING. AND BESIDE A REPLICA OF THE LANDER, A SENIOR SPACE AGENCY OFFICIAL WOULDN'T BE DRAWN. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANYTHING WENT WRONG AT THIS STAGE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND` I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE. BUT IT'S POSSIBLE, THOUGH, THAT IT IS ON THE SURFACE, INTACT AND FUNCTIONING, JUST NOT COMMUNICATING? THAT IS ONE POSSIBILITY. WHO KNOWS? WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW AND DISCOVER WHAT WE FIND. THIS IS HOW THE LANDING SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. BUT THERE IS NO DATA ABOUT THE FINAL MINUTE OF THE DESCENT. IN FOUR YEAR'S 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 WE DIDN'T... WE DIDN'T CONQUER THE SOLAR SYSTEM` OR START TO CONQUER THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY STOPPING EVERY TIME WE GOT KNOCKED. EVERY TIME WE GOT KNOCKED, WE CARRY ON AND WE MOVE FORWARD. 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. AND SCIENTISTS AT THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ARE EXPECTED TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW DAYS WORKING OUT WHY COMMUNICATION WITH SCHIAPARELLI WAS LOST AND WHAT CAN BE DONE. WEATHER TIME NOW. DAN IS HERE, AND SO MUCH FOR SPRING WARMTH DOWN SOUTH TODAY, BUT SOME SPECTACULAR SUNRISES. Spectacular skies for the country. That was a great start in Northland. Dunedin with a great finish. Cold over the South island. The active front spreading rain. And some thunder to Napier. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. And what will the weather be like over the long weekend? It is looking better. Details after sport. STILL TO COME ` THE LOST WORKS OF ART We will have a verdict on the Gable Tostee murder trial. BEING PUT ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. PART OF A NEW EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTING THE POWERFUL PORTRAITS OF ONE OF OUR MOST CELEBRATED ARTISTS. AND SHE'S THE 29-YEAR-OLD WITH AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT TO BREAKING NEWS NOW, AND A VERDICT'S JUST BEEN REACHED IN THE TOSTEE GABLE MURDER TRIAL IN AUSTRALIA. HE'S ACCUSED OF MURDERING KIWI WOMAN WARRIEN WRIGHT DURING A TINDER DATE. FOR THE VERY LATEST, LET'S GO NOW AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS IN BRISBANE. THINGS ARE NOW HAPPENING VERY FAST HERE GABLE TOSTEE HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY FOR MURDER AND MAN SLAUGHTER HE'S OFF BAIL AND HE'S A FREE MAN RUTH, THANKS VERY MUCH THIS COMES AFTER A HIGH PROFILE CASE THAT'S FASCINATED PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TASMAN. JUST A WARNING, YOU MAY FIND SOME ELEMENTS OF THIS STORY DISTURBING. RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS LOOKS BACK AT HOW IT ALL PLAYED OUT. THIS LATE-EDITED ITEM WILL BE CAPTIONED LIVE. Gable Tostee locked Warriena Wright on the balcony of his high-rise apartment in self defence. The defence called the tragic accident a first date gone horribly wrong/ and after listening to our was of recording made by Tostee himself, the jury agreed that he couldn't foresee the 14th floor fall that killed the New Zealand tourist in the early hours of August 8 2014. they met in surfers Paradise after connecting six days earlier on Tinder. they went to a local bar for 2 min before buying beer. And after just 7 min of meeting in person, they went back to was apartment. but around 2:15 AM everything changed when the New Zealander began hitting him with ornamental rocks. he became angry and he wrestled. he puts on the balcony and locks the door to escalate the situation to deescalate the situation and protect himself and his home his acquittal becomes despite not giving evidence in his own defence, but on social media he said he constantly grieves for Warriena Wright. the court was given no explanation for the harrowing three hours of audio that ultimately saw him cleared. AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL UPDATE AND REACTION TO THE VERDICT ON OUR LATE NEWS TONIGHT AT AROUND 10.40. A PILOT PROGRAMME IS SETTING UP SPECIALIST COURTS TO DEAL WITH SEXUAL VIOLENCE CASES. THE SPECIAL COURTS WERE RECOMMENDED AFTER THE ROASTBUSTERS SEX SCANDAL. NOW ONE WILL BE TRIALLED IN AUCKLAND AND ONE IN WHANGAREI. THE JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES THE MOVE. WE DO WANT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO MAKE THE COURT PROCESS AS LEAST TRAUMATIC AS IT CAN BE. IT WILL ALWAYS BE A DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GO THROUGH, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT MORE TO MAKE IT BETTER. THE PILOT PROGRAMME WILL RUN FOR 2� YEARS FROM DECEMBER. GOTTFRIED LINDAUER'S MANY PORTRAITS ARE SEEN AS A VALUABLE RECORD OF MAORI IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. THE LARGEST EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK, INCLUDING SOME SURPRISE DISCOVERIES, OPENS IN AUCKLAND THIS WEEKEND. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA CHECKED OUT A SPECIAL PREVIEW FOR THE DESCENDANTS OF HIS SUBJECTS. WENE MCMILLIN'S MEETING HER NANNY FOR THE FIRST TIME. I FELT HER EYES WERE FOLLOWING ME. IT WAS STRANGE. HER GRANDMOTHER TE KAHUI KEREHI TE HEUHEU DIED TWO YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS BORN. SHE DIDN'T KNOW THE PORTRAIT EXISTED UNTIL RESEARCHERS CONTACTED HER. IT'S ONE OF 120 IN THE LARGEST LINDAUER EXHIBITION EVER. IT LOOKS THE SAME, DOESN'T IT? IT DOES. YEAH. WHILE DECADES SEPARATE THE PAIR, THEY'RE CONNECTED BY POUNAMU PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY. ONCE I SAW THAT PAINTING, I THOUGHT, 'THAT'S THE PENDANT.' (CHUCKLES) THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF DETECTIVE WORK INVOLVED IN THIS EXHIBITION. CURATORS ASKED THE PUBLIC TO CHECK UNDER THEIR BEDS, GARAGES ` ANYWHERE THERE MIGHT BE A LONG-LOST LINDAUER. THEY'VE FOUND 36 NEW PIECES OF ART AROUND THE WORLD. LINDAUER'S GREAT-GRANDSON SAYS MAORIDOM'S UPPER CRUST WERE AS EAGER TO BE PAINTED AS THE PAINTER WAS TO DO THE WORK. 'I'M AN ARISTOCRAT, AND I DESERVE TO BE PAINTED.' IT WAS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. FOR YEARS, NOT ONE BUT TWO LINDAUERS WERE TUCKED AWAY IN AN OFFICE AT PIHOPA KINGI'S PLACE. HE DIDN'T REALISE THEY WERE LINDAUERS UNTIL A FRESH APPRAISAL. IT HAD SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME ON THE PAINTING, BUT IT WAS THROUGH CLOSE SCRUTINY THAT THEY DETERMINED THAT IN FACT THEY WERE DONE BY GOTTFRIED LINDAUER. HE'S HAPPY THEY'LL BE SHARED FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS AT THE AUCKLAND ART GALLERY. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS EXHIBITION, BECAUSE EACH PAINTING HAS IT'S OWN STORY. FOR DESCENDANTS INVITED TO PREVIEW THE EXHIBITION, THE WALLS REALLY DO TALK. YVONNE TAHANA, ONE NEWS. ANDREW'S HERE WITH SPORT, AND THE ALL BLACKS MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR. THEY ARE EMBRACING THIS RECORD ATTEMPT. AT THE SAME TIME, WHAT MAKES THEM SO WARY OF THE WALLABIES? YOU CAN'T ACCUSE THIS PAIR OF BEING UPTIGHT. MOST ENDORSEMENT DEALS ON THE WAY? ALL LAUGH HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN AN EARLY GLIMPSE ON EDEN PARK THIS AFTERNOON AT TWO EXTRAS WHO COULD BE ON THE ALL BLACKS PLANE TO THE US AND EUROPE? PLUS, THE BARCELONA FOOTBALL TEAM RIPS THROUGH THEIR LATEST EUROPEAN OPPONENT. AND WE HAVE A REMARKABLE ATHLETE WHO'S ABOUT TO REPRESENT HER COUNTRY IN A FOURTH SPORT. THERE'S POSSIBLY NOT AN ARMCHAIR SELECTOR AROUND RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THE ALL BLACKS SIDE STEVE HANSEN AND CO HAVE NAMED TO TRY AND WIN A RECORD 18TH STRAIGHT TEST MATCH WHEN THEY PLAY AUSTRALIA THIS WEEKEND. IN THE FORWARDS, IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, WITH CANTERBURY'S MATT TODD RETAINING HIS SPOT ON THE OPENSIDE FLANK. ROOKIE ANTON LIENERT-BROWN'S REMARKABLE YEAR CONTINUES ` HIS THIRD START IN A ROW. THE ALL-IMPORTANT EIGHT OFF THE BENCH INCLUDES AARON CRUDEN AND MALAKAI FEKITOA. THE ALL BLACKS ARE STILL MINDFUL OF THE WALLABIES, THEN, SO THERE'S NO TINKERING IN A GAME WITH HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. DESPITE THE RECENT RECORD AGAINST AUSTRALIA, DESPITE THE WALLABIES' LACKLUSTRE FORM THIS YEAR, THE ALL BLACKS ARE MORE THAN WARY. I GUESS THEY'VE GOT TWO CHOICES, HAVEN'T THEY? THEY EITHER COME TO THE PARTY AND RAISE THEMSELVES UP TO OUR LEVEL OR THEY CHUCK IT IN. SO I DON'T THINK THE AUSSIES WILL CHUCK IT IN. THEY'VE NEVER CHUCKED ANYTHING IN IN THEIR LIVES IN ANY SPORT. THE PLAYERS ALSO EXPECT THEIR ARCH-RIVALS TO GET STUCK IN, ALTHOUGH MAYBE NOT LIKE THE NIGGLE-INFESTED CHALLENGE IN WELLINGTON BACK IN AUGUST. IF THEY DO BRING IT, WE'LL MATCH IT IN THE RULES, BUT WE'RE PRETTY KEEN TO PLAY FOOTY AND GET ON WITH THE JOB. REACT FASTER? YEAH. WE PROBABLY LEARNED A GOOD LESSON THERE IN THE WELLINGTON TEST. WE PROBABLY GOT CAUGHT UP A BIT WITH IT. THE FACT THE WALLABIES HAVE IN THE RECENT PAST ENDED RECORD RUNS BY THE ALL BLACKS, INCLUDING A SPITEFUL TEST IN BRISBANE IN 2012, MIGHT ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE EDGE IN CAMP. THE LAST TIME THE WORLD CHAMPS HIT 17, THE AUSTRALIANS ALSO STOPPED THAT STREAK ` A SOGGY 12-12 DRAW IN SYDNEY IN 2014. STEVE HANSEN SAYS THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT, LEARNING FROM LAST YEAR'S WORLD CUP. ONCE WE EMBRACED THE FACT THAT THERE'S CONSTANT PRESSURE, THAT SEEM TO ACTUALLY EASE THE PRESSURE OFF A BIT, THAT SEEMED TO ACTUALLY EASE THE PRESSURE OFF A BIT, AND THIS GROUP HAS SHOWN THAT IT LIKES CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY BIG ONES LIKE THIS ONE. NO ONES EVER DONE IT. I THINK WE'RE MORE AWARE OF KINDA THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. I THINK 2014, WE KINDA SHIED AWAY FROM IT A LITTLE BIT. 15 PLAYERS OUT OF THE 23 THIS WEEKEND PLAYED IN THAT SAME MATCH IN 2014. THE BEST ANSWER TODAY TO ENQUIRIES ABOUT ANY ALL BLACKS WHO MIGHT'VE ALREADY BROKEN WORLD RECORDS? MOST ENDORSEMENT DEALS IN A WEEK, I THINK, DIDN'T YOU GET? LAUGHTER ON THE VERGE OF CREATING HISTORY, THE CONFIDENT 2016 ALL BLACKS LOOK UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN GIVEN A HINT TOWARDS WHO'LL MAKE THE CUT FOR THE END-OF-YEAR TOUR TO THE US AND EUROPE. FOUR PLAYERS WILL BE ADDED OUTSIDE THE CURRENT 32, WITH TEENAGE AUCKLAND MIDFIELDER RIEKO IOANE TRAINING WITH THE SQUAD ON EDEN PARK LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AUCKLAND TEAMMATE LOOSE FORWARD STEVEN LUATUA WAS ALSO BROUGHT IN ` MAYBE A NOD TO SUNDAY, WHEN THE TOURING PARTY IS REVEALED. FORMER WARRIORS HEAD COACH, NOW ASSISTANT, ANDREW MCFADDEN WAS AN INTERESTED ONLOOKER AT EDEN PARK AS WELL. ONLY THREE GAMES INTO THE BREAKERS' BASKETBALL SEASON AND A NEW THEME HAS EMERGED ` THE RETURN OF LAST SEASON'S TEAMMATES AND COLLEAGUES. TONIGHT THE BREAKERS HOST THE STAR-STUDDED SYDNEY KINGS, WHOSE ASSISTANT COACH LED THE AUCKLAND CLUB FOR THREE YEARS. KIMBERLEE DOWNS IS WITH HIM AT AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE EVENTS CENTRE AND JOINS US NOW. ASK ANY OF THE BREAKERS ` THEY WILL TELL YOU THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO STAY. DEAN JOINS US NOW. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT COACHING AGAINST A TEAM YOU HAVE A LOT OF LOVE FOR? IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR MICKER'S 300TH THE FIRST BREAKERS PLAYER TO REACH 300 GAMES. HE KEEPS GOING. HE'S HAD MINIMAL INJURIES EVERY COACH IN THE LEAGUE WANTS HIM HE'S THE BIG BROTHER TO EVERYBODY HE JUST MAKES EVERYBODY BETTER YOU WERE HEAD COACH HERE FOR THREE YEARS NOW YOU'RE AN ASSISTANT I'M TRYING TO HELP ANDREW A BIT WITH SOME OF THE MISTAKES I FELT I MADE AS A YOUNG HEAD COACH IT HAS BEEN FUN ASSISTANT COACH FOR SYDNEY THE BREAKERS HAVE PUT OUT THIS POSTER TO MARK THE OCCASSION. THE MAN HIMSELF IS SO HUMBLE HE WILL TELL YOU IT'S JUST ANOTHER GAME THANKS, KIM. KIMBERLEE DOWNS LIVE FROM AUCKLAND'S NORTH SHORE. THE SILVER FERNS ARE ALSO BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT, HOPING A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY CAN PROPEL THEM TO VICTORY IN THE FINAL CONSTELLATION CUP TEST AGAINST AUSTRALIA IN INVERCARGILL. THE HOSTS ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON PLAYING ON THEIR OWN TERMS, AFTER AN IMPRESSIVE DEFENSIVE EFFORT LED THE AUSSIES TO A 12-GOAL WIN IN AUCKLAND. WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP THE BALL ALIVE WHEN WE'RE ATTACKING THROUGH COURT AND JUST, YEAH, PASSING AND CUTTING AND MAKING SURE WE'RE REALLY TAKING ON THE DEFENDERS AND NOT LETTING THEM DICTATE WHERE WE'RE GOING. URGENCY IS A REALLY BIG` WE'VE HAD A BIG EMPHASIS ON THAT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, AND ENSURING THAT WHEN WE GO TO TRAINING, WE PLAY AT A STANDARD OR WE TRAIN AT A STANDARD THAT IS OF SILVER-FERN QUALITY. THE FERNS CAN LEVEL THE SERIES TONIGHT. HOWEVER, THEY'D NEED A RECORD WIN IN ORDER TO RECLAIM THE CONSTELLATION CUP. EVERYONE IN FOOTBALL KNOWS HOW HARD IT IS TO BEAT BARCELONA WITH A FULL SIDE. TODAY MANCHESTER CITY WERE TRYING TO DO IT FOR A BIG CHUNK OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ENCOUNTER WITH JUST 10 PLAYERS, LEADING TO A PREDICTABLE RESULT. HERE'S THE BBC'S KATIE GORNALL. HERE IS A MAN AT HOME IN HIS SURROUNDINGS. BACK AMONG FRIENDS, BACK WHERE HE BUILT HIS SUCCESS. BUT PEP GUARDIOLA DOESN'T JUST WANT TO BEAT HIS FORMER CLUB, HE WANTS TO EMULATE THEM. 60 MINUTES IN, IT BECAME APPARENT JUST HOW DIFFICULT THAT WOULD BE. LIONEL MESSI WITH A GOAL EMBODYING HIS BRILLIANCE. ALL VERY REMINISCENT OF OLD TIMES. BUT BARCELONA CAN BE VULNERABLE IN DEFENCE, UNDERLINED WITH JOHN STONES, DRESSED IN LUMINOUS ORANGE, SOMEHOW SLIPPED THROUGH UNNOTICED. THEIR RESPONSE WAS ALWAYS TO ATTACK, AND CLAUDIO BRAVO HAD TO USE ALL MEANS NECESSARY TO KEEP LUIS SUAREZ AT BAY. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WATCH FOR GUARDIOLA ` A MANAGER WHO ENCOURAGES HIS GOALKEEPERS TO PLAY OUT FROM THE BACK, BUT NOT LIKE THIS. BRAVO'S RAISED HANDS PLUNGED CITY INTO CRISIS. WITH ONLY 10 MEN TO BEAT, IT WAS NOW ALL TOO EASY FOR MESSI. HIS SECOND GOAL WAS SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY A THIRD, AS A DIZZYING SWIRL OF RED AND BLUE STRIPES ENTRANCED THE CITY DEFENCE. IT WOULD FINISH 4-0. THEY SAY IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY, BUT ON THIS EVIDENCE, CITY ARE A POOR COPY. HAVING DRAWN WITH CITY IN THEIR LAST GAMES, CELTIC HAD HIGH HOPES AGAINST PARADISE MONCHENGLADBACH. BUT AFTER KOLO TOURE'S LAPSE IN CONCENTRATION WAS PUNISHED, THOSE HOPES BEGAN TO FADE. ANOTHER MISTAKE ALLOWED THE GERMANS TO LEAVE CELTIC PARK WITH ALL THREE POINTS, AND LEAVE BRENDAN RODGER'S SIDE FACING A BATTLE TO STAY IN EUROPE. IT WAS ALL A LITTLE MORE LAIDBACK IN NORTH LONDON, WHERE ARSENAL TOOK JUST 11 MINUTES TO UNLOCK THEIR BULGARIAN OPPONENTS. ALEXIS SANCHEZ MAKING THE SUBLIME LOOK SIMPLE. THEO WALCOTT WOULD CONTINUE THAT THEME TO MAKE IT 2-0, AND FOUR MORE GOALS WOULD FOLLOW IN THE SECOND HALF AS ARSENAL CRUISED TO THE TOP OF THEIR GROUP. PULLING ON THE SILVER FERN FOR THE FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS SPECIAL. SOME GET TO DO IT IN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT SPORTS, BUT HOW ABOUT FOUR? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KRISTINA SUE IS ABOUT TO ACHIEVE WHEN SHE SUITS UP FOR THE BLACK FERNS WOMEN'S RUGBY TEAM IN THEIR BLEDISLOE CUP CURTAIN-RAISER THIS WEEKEND AT EDEN PARK. ABBY WILSON REPORTS. BEING A BLACK FERN IS SOMETHING KRISTINA SUE (29) HAS BEEN EYEING UP FOR A WHILE. THIS IS THE ONE I'VE BEEN CHASING FOR MANY YEARS, SO IT'S HUGE FOR ME. PREVIOUS YEARS, I'VE BEEN TO THE TRIALS AND TO THE CAMPS, BUT ALWAYS WAS THIRD STRING. BUT NOT THIS TIME. AFTER REPRESENTING NZ IN TOUCH, LEAGUE AND SEVENS, THIS WEEKEND SHE'LL ADD RUGBY UNION TO THE MIX. I WAS ABOUT TO PLAY MY 50TH CAP ` ONE GAME OFF ` FOR THE CYCLONES, SO IT'S NOT LIKE I'M NEW TO RUGBY. I'M JUST NEW TO THE NZ TEAM, THE BLACK FERNS. THE HALFBACK'S CONSISTENCY FOR MANAWATU THIS SEASON ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IMPRESSED COACH GLENN MOORE. HER INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE ALSO AN ASSET. SHE'S CALM UNDER PRESSURE, AND SHE KNOWS WHAT HER STRENGTHS ARE AROUND HER GAME, AND SHE WORKS HARD ON THAT AND SHE EQUALLY WORKS HARD ON THE THINGS THAT SHE WANTS TO IMPROVE. THE STAGE FOR HER DEBUT OFF THE BENCH COULDN'T BE BIGGER ` A SELL-OUT TEST CROWD AT EDEN PARK. THE BLACK FERNS HAVEN'T PLAYED AT HOME IN TWO YEARS. TO PLAY IN FRONT OF THE ALL BLACKS IS MASSIVE FOR THESE GIRLS, AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT MAKES IT SPECIAL IS PLAYING IN FRONT OF OUR OWN FAMILIES ON OUR HOME GROUND, OUR COUNTRY. ALTHOUGH FOR THIS PE TEACHER, MOST OF HER FANS WILL BE CHEERING FROM WANGANUI, IN BETWEEN FINISHING ASSIGNMENTS. A COUPLE OF CLASSES HAVE GOT A COUPLE OF STANDARDS DUE, SO I WILL BE MARKING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE GO TO THE UK. AT LEAST SHE'LL HAVE SOME GREAT STORIES FOR HER STUDENTS WHEN SHE GETS BACK. ABBY WILSON, 1 NEWS. GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. LET'S HOPE BOTH TEAMS CAN PEG A COUPLE FOR NZ AGAINST AUSTRALIA SEVEN SHARP WILL GO LIVE TO RUTH. COMING UP ON THE SHOW ` THESE ARE MAGNIFICENT CREATURES, BUT WOULD YOU RISK YOUR LIFE TO SAVE THEM? WE'VE GOT THE STORY TONIGHT OF ONE WOMAN FROM THE BAY OF PLENTY WHO'S DOING JUST THAT. ALSO TONIGHT ` SHE BULLIED ME, TWISTED MY ARM, THREATENED ME. AND THOSE TACTICS HAVE RESULTED IN SOMETHING QUITE SPECTACULAR. AND HOW BUMS, FARTS AND BUTT CRACKS ARE TAKING THIS ARTIST GLOBAL. EVERYBODY IN CHINA HAS A BOTTOM, I PRESUME. MORE AT 7. WE'VE HAD HOLIDAY WEATHER AND FINE WEATHER IN THE SAME SENTENCE SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. WE FIRST HAVE TO GET THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FRONTS THE MAIN FRONT HERE THAT WHOLE THING WILL SPEND ITS WAY THROUGH. THE MAIN AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS SLOWLY SPREADS NORTH THAT EVENTUALLY CLEARS THROUGH AUCKLAND, BAY OF PLENTY TOMORROW EVENING THAT MIGHT BE A LATE HOLIDAY WEEKEND SPOILER. MAYBE A SPELL OF RAIN SOME STORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLATEAU A COLDER SOUTHERLY SPREADING FOR THE SOUTH ISLAND ` IMPORVING A COLD, FROSTY START DOWN SOUTH FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ. The Weather looking fine for that. You looking good for a barbecue or outdoor plans. Monday might see something creeping into the West. If you're going to Australia, one or two showers tomorrow. There we go. Like the sound of the big picture. Over to 7 sharp.