TONIGHT ` HIS NZ TINDER DATE FELL 14 FLOORS TO HER DEATH, BUT GABLE TOSTEE WALKS FREE AFTER A JURY FINDS HIM NOT GUILTY OF CAUSING WARRIENA WRIGHT'S DEATH. DONALD TRUMP HAS NO INTENTION OF BEING A GRACIOUS LOSER, HINTING HE WON'T ACCEPT A CLINTON WIN. AND HOW THE BIGGEST LINDAUER EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTED A VERY SPECIAL FAMILY BOND. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING NZER WARRIENA WRIGHT WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY LATE TODAY. MS WRIGHT DIED WHEN SHE FELL FROM GABLE TOSTEE'S 14TH FLOOR GOLD COAST APARTMENT ON A TINDER DATE TWO YEARS AGO. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS WITH THIS ON A DRAMATIC CONCLUSION TO THE TRIAL IN BRISBANE. AFTER DELIBERATING FOR FOUR DAYS, THE SUPREME COURT JURY FOUND GABLE TOSTEE NOT GUILTY OF MURDER AND NOT GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER. TOSTEE SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION AS THE VERDICT WAS HANDED DOWN, TOSTEE SHOWED LITTLE EMOTION AS THE VERDICT WAS HANDED DOWN, BUT HIS PARENTS WERE IN COURT, AND THEY HUGGED AND CRIED. AFTER TWO YEARS ON BAIL, GABLE TOSTEE REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OUTSIDE OF COURT, BUT HIS LAWYER SAID IT'S TIME FOR HIS LIFE TO MOVE ON. MR TOSTEE'S VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. HE'S RELIEVED THIS MATTER IS NOW BEHIND HIM, AND HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING ON WITH HIS LIFE. WARRIENA WRIGHT'S FAMILY WAS ALSO IN COURT, AND THEY TOO BECAME EMOTIONAL AS THAT VERDICT WAS HANDED DOWN AND THEY LEARNT NOBODY WOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WARRIENA WRIGHT'S DEATH. A FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE MADE A STATEMENT OUTSIDE COURT REQUESTING PRIVACY. AS YOU MAY APPRECIATE, WARRIENA WRIGHT'S FAMILY ARE STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR DAUGHTER AND THEIR SISTER AS WELL AS ENDURING THE ANGUISH OF BEING PRESENT HERE FOR THIS TRIAL THIS LAST TWO WEEKS. WARRIENA WRIGHT DIED IN AUGUST 2014 WHILE SHE WAS ON A TINDER DATE WITH GABLE TOSTEE ON THE GOLD COAST. GABLE TOSTEE LOCKED WARRIENA WRIGHT ON THE BALCONY OF HIS HIGH-RISE APARTMENT IN SELF-DEFENCE. THE DEFENCE CALLED IT A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, 'A FIRST DATE GONE HORRIBLY WRONG'. AND AFTER LISTENING TO HOURS OF AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THAT NIGHT MADE BY TOSTEE HIMSELF, THE JURY AGREED THE 30-YEAR-OLD GOLD COAST MAN COULDN'T HAVE FORESEEN THE 14-FLOOR FALL THAT KILLED THE NZ TOURIST IN THE EARLY HOURS OF AUGUST 8TH 2014. GABLE TOSTEE AND WARRIENA WRIGHT MET IN SURFERS PARADISE AFTER CONNECTING SIX DAYS EARLIER ON TINDER. THEY WENT TO A LOCAL BAR FOR TWO MINUTES BEFORE BUYING BEER, AND THEN, JUST SEVEN MINUTES AFTER MEETING IN PERSON, THE PAIR WENT BACK TO GABLE TOSTEE'S APARTMENT AND STARTED TO DRINK. BUT AT AROUND 2.15AM EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN THE NZER (26) BEGAN HITTING GABLE TOSTEE WITH ORNAMENTAL ROCKS, SHOWN IN THESE POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS. TOSTEE BECAME ANGRY, AND THE PAIR WRESTLED. A DRUNK WARRIENA WRIGHT HIT HIM WITH THE HEAVY CLAMP OF A TELESCOPE. HE PUTS HER ON THE BALCONY AND LOCKS THE DOOR TO 'DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION', ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYERS, AND PROTECT HIMSELF AND HIS HOME. TOSTEE'S AQUITTAL COMES DESPITE NOT GIVING EVIDENCE IN HIS OWN DEFENCE, BUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE HAS 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. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS, BRISBANE. THE FINAL US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HAS ENDED WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY REVELATION FROM DONALD TRUMP. HE SAID HE MIGHT NOT ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF NEXT MONTH'S ELECTION IF HILLARY CLINTON WINS. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD WITH MORE. IT'S BEEN A CAMPAIGN DOGGED BY CONTROVERSY, AND DONALD TRUMP JUST SPARKED A NEW ONE. I WANNA ASK YOU HERE ON THE STAGE TONIGHT ` DO YOU MAKE THE SAME COMMITMENT THAT YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY` SIR. ABSOLUTELY ACCEPT THE RESULT OF THIS ELECTION? I WILL LOOK AT IT AT THE TIME. I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING NOW. I'LL LOOK AT IT AT THE TIME. TRUMP HAS CLAIMED FOR DAYS HE BELIEVES THE ELECTION WILL BE RIGGED. I THINK THE VOTERS ARE SEEING THROUGH IT. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA SEE THROUGH IT. WE'LL FIND OUT ON NOVEMBER 8TH. HIS REFUSAL TO SAY HE'LL ACCEPT THE ELECTION RESULT HORRIFYING HIS RIVAL. EVERY TIME DONALD THINKS THINGS ARE NOT GOING IN HIS DIRECTION, HE CLAIMS WHATEVER IT IS IS RIGGED AGAINST HIM. 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. < SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT. CROWD LAUGHS THIS IS A MIND-SET. THIS IS HOW DONALD THINKS. THIS WAS A CHANCE FOR BOTH NOMINEES TO EVENTUALLY PROVE THEMSELVES ON POLICY ` FROM IMMIGRATION,... I WANT TO BUILD THE WALL. WE NEED THE WALL. I THINK IT'S AN IDEA THAT WOULD RIP OUR COUNTRY APART. ...TO ABORTION.... I THINK IT'S TERRIBLE IF YOU GO WITH WHAT HILLARY IS SAYING ` IN THE NINTH MONTH, YOU CAN TAKE THE BABY AND RIP THE BABY OUT OF THE WOMB OF THE MOTHER. ...AND NATIONAL SECURITY. PUTIN, FROM EVERYTHING I SEE, HAS NO RESPECT FOR THIS PERSON. THAT'S BECAUSE HE'D RATHER HAVE A PUPPET AS PRESIDENT. NOPE. NO PUPPET. YOU'RE THE PUPPET. AT FIRST, TRUMP APPEARED TO HEED ADVICE TO STAY CALM AND TO APPEAR PRESIDENTIAL. NOBODY HAS MORE RESPECT FOR WOMEN THAN I DO. BUT HE COULDN'T HOLD HIS TONGUE. SUCH A NASTY WOMAN. BUT HIS LATEST BOMBSHELL COULD SEE HIS CAMPAIGN SINK EVEN FURTHER. THE IDEA THAT A MAJOR PARTY NOMINEE WOULDN'T RESPECT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND FAIL TO CONCEDE DEFEAT WAS, UNTIL NOW, UNTHINKABLE. CNN TOOK A SNAP POLL RIGHT AFTER THE DEBATE, WITH THE RESULTS NOT GOOD FOR DONALD TRUMP. THE POLL SHOWED 52% PICKED HILLARY CLINTON THE WINNER, WITH ONLY 39% FAVOURING MR TRUMP. THAT MEANS MRS CLINTON HAS COME OUT ON TOP IN ALL THREE OF THE DEBATES. FIJI'S PRIME MINISTER, FRANK BAINIMARAMA, BEGAN HIS FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO NZ, DESCRIBING HIMSELF AS FRANK BY NATURE AS WELL. BUT EVEN THOUGH MR BAINIMARAMA DECLINED TO MEDIA QUESTIONS ALL DAY, HE BRUSHED OFF TALK OF A STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH JOHN KEY. JESSICA MUTCH REPORTS. CHEERING BASKING IN THE GLORY OF A STATE VISIT TO NZ. CHILDREN: BULA! BULA! IT'S 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. IN RAROTONGA, THE MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECTED DOUBLE KILLER AND PRISON ESCAPER ENDED THIS MORNING WHEN THE FUGITIVE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. IT'S ALLEGED CHRIS RIMAMOTU SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX-PARTNER, MARY DEAN, IN THIS HOUSE, BEFORE GUNNING DOWN HER BOYFRIEND, ROGER TAUAREA, IN A NEIGHBOURING PROPERTY. EARLIER POLICE WARNED PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY WHERE THE MAN (41) WAS HIDING. WE HAD EVIDENCE HE HAD MORE AMMUNITION THAN ANYBODY SHOULD. CHRIS RIMAMOTU HAD LEFT THE JAIL ACCOMPANIED BY A WARDEN TO SUPPOSEDLY COLLECT TOOLS FROM HIS PROPERTY. INSTEAD HE GOT A .22 RIFLE. AN INVESTIGATION'S UNDERWAY AS TO HOW HE ESCAPED, LEAVING TRAGEDY IN HIS WAKE. WITH CHANGEABLE WEATHER PREDICTED FOR THE LONG WEEKEND, THERE'S A TIMELY WARNING FOR THOSE VENTURING INTO THE GREAT OUTDOORS TO BE WELL PREPARED. IT COMES AFTER AN AUSTRALIAN TOURIST WAS FOUND COLD BUT ALIVE NEAR QUEENSTOWN AFTER A DAY WALK TURNED INTO A TWO-DAY NIGHTMARE. 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 HAVE 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. JUST AHEAD ` WE'LL WRAP UP THE SILVER FERNS' LAST TEST WITH AUSTRALIA, AND WHAT ABOUT THE WALLABIES? STEVE HANSEN CLEARLY ISN'T TAKING THEM LIGHTLY WITH HIS AB TEAM ON TRACK TO BREAK A RECORD. THIS IS THE ONE SHE WANTED, BUT FOR NEW BLACK FERN KRISTINA SUE, REPRESENTING NZ IS BECOMING A BIT OF A HABIT. TO SPORT, AND THE SILVER FERNS HAVE FALLEN SHORT AGAINST THE AUSTRALIAN DIAMONDS IN THE FOURTH AND FINAL CONSTELLATION CUP MATCH IN INVERCARGILL. THE FERNS NEEDED A RECORD MARGIN TO CLINCH THE SERIES BUT WENT DOWN 45-49 IN A CLOSE AND PHYSICAL TUSSLE. KIWI ANNA HARRISON WAS PLAYER OF THE MATCH, BUT HER LONG RANGY ARMS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP AUSSIE SHOOTER CAITLIN BASSET, WHO SLOTTED 42 GOALS. THE GAME ALSO MARKS THE END OF A RECORD STREAK FOR LAURA LANGMAN, WHO PLAYED 141 CONSECUTIVE GAMES IN BLACK DRESS. AND TO BASKETBALL, THE BREAKERS COULDN'T NOTCH UP A WIN FOR SKIPPER MIKA VUKONA ON HIS 300TH GAME TONIGHT IN AUCKLAND. THEY WERE BEATEN 92-78 BY THE SYDNEY KINGS, WHO OUT-MUSCLED THE BREAKERS AND CAPITALISED ON TURNOVER. A HIGHLIGHT WAS BREAKERS IMPORT AKIL MITCHELL, WHO CAME UP WITH THIS POWER SLAM AND PICKED UP A FOUL. AS MITCHELL TRIES ON TOM GARLEPP. AND WON. THE BREAKERS WILL NEED A FAST REGROUP. THEY FACE THE BRISBANE BULLETS ON SATURDAY. THE ALL BLACKS SELECTORS HAD WINNING A RECORD 18TH STRAIGHT TEST MATCH IN MIND WHEN THEY PICKED A SIDE TO PLAY AUSTRALIA THIS WEEKEND. IN THE FORWARDS, CANTERBURY'S MATT TODD RETAINS 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. HERE'S ANDREW SAVILLE. 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 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. IN SIX MONTHS' TIME, THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES WILL GATHER IN AUCKLAND FOR THE WORLD MASTER'S GAMES. THE CITY'S EXPECTING TO PLAY HOST TO AROUND 25,000 COMPETITORS COMPETING IN 28 DIFFERENT SPORTS. ENTRIES CLOSE IN MARCH, BUT EVEN THOUGH REGISTRATIONS ARE RUNNING AT HALF THE TARGET, ORGANISERS SAY THEY AREN'T WORRIED. WE'RE TRACKING WELL AHEAD OF WHERE THE TWO PREVIOUS HOSTS OF THE GAMES WERE AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME. AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT 25,000 PEOPLE FROM RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD ARE GOING TO HAVE A SPECTACULAR TIME HERE IN AUCKLAND NEXT YEAR. FIVE OF THE SPORTS HAVE SOLD OUT, BUT ORGANISERS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR PEOPLE OVER 30 TO COMPETE IN NETBALL, TOUCH AND SURF LIFESAVING. PULLING ON THE SILVER FERN FOR THE FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS SPECIAL. BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TO DO IT FOR FOUR DIFFERENT SPORTS? THAT'S 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. 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 WHANGANUI, 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. JUST AHEAD ` SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND, THE WEATHER FORECAST. HOW A WORLDWIDE TREASURE HUNT YIELDED THE BIGGEST EVER EXHIBITION OF LINDAUERS. THE LARGEST EXHIBITION OF PROLIFIC PAINTER GOTTFRIED LINDAUER'S RANGATIRA PORTRAITS OPENS THIS WEEKEND. BUT TODAY, DECENDANTS OF SOME OF THE SUBJECTS WERE TREATED TO A PREVIEW OF A SHOW THAT DELIVERED A FEW SURPRISES. MAORI AFFAIRS REPORTER YVONNE TAHANA WAS AT AUCKLAND ART GALLERY. 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 ITS OWN STORY. FOR DESCENDANTS INVITED TO PREVIEW THE EXHIBITION, THE WALLS REALLY DO TALK. YVONNE TAHANA, ONE NEWS. KIWI MUSIC PRODUCER JOEL LITTLE HAS BAGGED TWO AWARDS AT THE INAUGURAL ARTISAN AWARDS FOR HIS WORK ON BROODS' SECOND ALBUM 'CONSCIOUS', TAKING HOME THE ACCOLADE FOR BEST PRODUCER AND BEST ENGINEER. HELD AS A SISTER EVENT TO THE NZ MUSIC AWARDS, THE ARTISAN AWARDS ARE A NIGHT TO CELEBRATE THOSE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. IT'S BIG. IT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS ASPIRE TO AS UP-AND-COMING NZ MUSICIANS, SO TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MY OWN IS VERY COOL. BROODS, MADE UP OF BROTHER AND SISTER DUO GEORGIA AND CALEB NOTT, ARE NOMINATED FOR FIVE VMAs, INCLUDING ALBUM AND SINGLE OF THE YEAR. THE VODAFONE MUSIC AWARDS WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH TOM WAITS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY DESNEY SHAW AND MADISON BATTEN.