TONIGHT ` HE WALKED FREE AFTER WARRIENA WRIGHT FELL TO HER DEATH FROM HIS BALCONY. NOW GABLE TOSTEE COULD HAVE A BIG PAYDAY AS NEWS ORGANISATIONS CHASE AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE SELF-STYLED PLAYBOY. A TITANIC BATTLE FOR JOE PARKER ON HOME SOIL, AND A TITANIC PAY CHEQUE JUST FOR SHOWING UP. IT'S ALL SMILES AS DONALD AND HILLARY MEET AGAIN IN THE NAME OF CHARITY, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING CHARITABLE ABOUT SOME OF THE SHOTS FIRED. DUE TO THE LIVE NATURE OF TONIGHT, WE APOLOGISE FOR THE LACK OF CAPTIONS FOR SOME ITEMS. TONIGHT WE REVEAL WHAT THE JURY IN THE GABLE TOSTEE MURDER TRIAL WASN'T ALLOWED TO KNOW ABOUT HIS SORDID AND CRIMINAL PAST. THE SELF-STYLED GOLD COAST PLAYBOY IS A CONVICTED FRAUDSTER AND SPENT HALF A YEAR IN JAIL FOR DRUNKENLY FLEEING POLICE. HE ALSO HAD MORE THAN 100 TINDER DATES BEFORE THAT FATEFUL FINAL NIGHT WITH WARRIENA WRIGHT. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT RUTH WYNN WILLIAMS HAS MORE. NO WORDS, BUT IN THE CENTRE OF A MEDIA FRENZY, A MOMENT OF REALISATION ` GABLE TOSTEE IS A FREE MAN. MR TOSTEE IS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. HE IS RELIEVED THIS MATTER IS NOW BEHIND HIM, AND HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING ON WITH HIS LIFE. BUT DETAILS OF HIS PAST CAN BE REVEALED. HE'S DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A 'SUPERHERO' ON FACEBOOK AND BOASTED OF BEDDING 260 WOMEN. HE CLAIMS HE'S PICKED UP MORE THAN A HUNDRED DATES ON TINDER. AND ONE OF THOSE WOMEN WHO GAVE A STATEMENT TO POLICE SAYS SHE EXPERIENCED HIS FIRST-DATE FORMULA. IT WAS VERY MUCH BELITTLING. HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE MAN AND I SHOULD BE, I GUESS, A BIT MORE DOTING ON HIM, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW I WAS. YEAH, HE WAS AN INTIMIDATING PERSON. THEY'D BEEN AT A BAR FOR JUST HALF AN HOUR BEFORE HE SUGGESTED GOING BACK TO HIS APARTMENT, LIKE HE DID WITH WARRIENA WRIGHT. HE, YEAH, DEFINITELY WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS OUT OF WOMEN. LAST YEAR, HE PENNED POLICE AN APOLOGY AND SERVED SIX MONTHS IN PRISON FOR A DRUNKEN CAR CHASE, BUT NO WORDS OF APOLOGY YET FOR THE WRIGHT FAMILY. HIS LACK OF SORROW IS PRIMARILY DUE TO MY DIRECTION. HE HAS OFTEN EXPRESSED SYMPATHY TO ME AND A WILLINGNESS TO EXPRESS HIS SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AT MY ADVICE NOT TO DO THAT. OUTSIDE COURT, WARRIENA WRIGHT'S FAMILY MADE A FINAL PLEA FOR PRIVACY. SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THE PIECES OF THEIR OWN LIFE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, AND SO THEY ALSO HAVE THE SPACE TO GRIEVE IN THEIR OWN WAY AND IN PEACE. IT WAS DUBBED THE TRIAL OF THE YEAR HERE IN QUEENSLAND, AND THE INTENSE SCRUTINY ON THIS CASE ALMOST SAW THE TRIAL ABORTED BEFORE THE VERDICT WAS EVEN HANDED DOWN. A JUROR WAS CAUTIONED FOR POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND POLICE WENT ON THE HUNT FOR A MYSTERY BLONDE, WHO WAS LIVE TWEETING SUPPRESSED INFOMATION. I WAS WRONGLY DETAINED AND QUESTIONED OVER THAT. THERE'S SPECULATION GABLE TOSTEE COULD MAKE A DEAL TO SELL HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, AND HIS LAWYER SAYS THE SELF-STYLED SOCIAL-MEDIA PLAYBOY IS IN NO RUSH TO GO BACK ONLINE. RUTH WYNN-WILLIAMS, 1 NEWS, BRISBANE. TWO CHILDREN HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD AND THEIR FATHER CRITICALLY INJURED IN A HOUSE IN PERTH. THE BODIES OF THE BOY (3) AND GIRL (5) WERE FOUND BY POLICE WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE HOME. THEY TOOK THE MAN (35) TO HOSPITAL, WHERE HE REMAINS UNDER GUARD. HIS WOUNDS WERE SELF-INFLICTED. POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE MOTHER, BUT THEY WONT REVEAL WHO RAISED THE ALARM. SHE'S OBVIOUSLY VERY VERY DISTRESSED, SO WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN AT THIS POINT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. AND NOT ONLY HER, BUT TO THE POLICE OFFICER THAT ATTENDED. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S QUITE DISTRESSING, THE CIRCUMSTANCES. POLICE WILL NOT CONFIRM HOW THE CHILDREN DIED, BUT SAY THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE. IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY SPORTING EVENT IN OUR HISTORY WILL PLAY OUT RIGHT HERE IN NZ. KIWI HEAVYWEIGHT JOE PARKER IS FIGHTING ANDY RUIZ FOR A WORLD TITLE IN DECEMBER. THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN'S BRINGING FAST HANDS AND EVEN FASTER BUCKS, AS YVONNE TAHANA REPORTS. IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS SINCE A KIWI HAS HAD A SHOT AT A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE. LAST TIME A KIWI FOUGHT FOR A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE WAS DAVID TUA. YOU KNOW, IT STOPPED THE NATION. NOW IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED JOSEPH PARKER WILL GET A CRACK AT THE WBO BELT, AND HIS TEAM IS BRINGING THE FIGHT TO AUCKLAND. THIS MIGHT BE A ONCE-OFF. WE MAY NEVER GET A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT HERE AGAIN. SO IT'S GONNA BE A RARE OPPORTUNITY. PARKER FACES OFF WITH AMERICAN-MEXICAN ANDY RUIZ. RUIZ (27) UNBEATEN IN 29 FIGHTS. THE FEELING IN BOXING CIRCLES IS THE KIWI WILL WIN. HE'S RANKED 7TH IN THE INDEPENDENT WORLD RANKINGS, WHILE RUIZ IS IN THE MID-20S. RUIZ HAS THAT CALIBRE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NICE FOR A GENUINE WORLD TITLE FIGHT TO BE HELD IN NZ. BUT IF FIGHT FANS HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING IN THE PAST, IT'S THAT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF PARKER ` HE'S MORE OF A POLISHED FIGHTER. HE'S GOT GOOD SKILLS, FAST HANDS. RUIZ HAS GOT FAST HANDS, IN SAYING THAT, TOO. HE'S A BIG MAN. HE'S STRONG. HE LIKES TO JUST COME AND FIGHT. THE BOUT WILL BE BEAMED INTO NEARLY 100M HOMES AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS GONNA GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE FOR US, AND WE EXPECT VISITORS FROM RIGHT AROUND ASIA PACIFIC TO BE IN TOWN FOR THE FIGHT. PARKER FEVER HIT THE ALL BLACKS CAMP TODAY. IT'S SPECULATED THEIR HOME GROUND OF EDEN PARK WILL PLAY HOST THE FIGHT NIGHT. I'LL BE HITTING HIM UP FOR SOME FREE TICKETS. (LAUGHS) NAH. I'LL BE THERE FOR SURE. CAN'T MISS IT. NOT ONLY WILL THIS BE HIS BIGGEST NOT ONLY WILL THIS BE THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER TO DATE, BUT ALSO THE MOST LUCRATIVE. PARKER (24) IS SET FOR A MILLION-DOLLAR PAYDAY ` JUST BY SHOWING UP. BUT, COME DECEMBER 10TH, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SPORTING SHOWDOWN WILL NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. THIS IS THE WORLD TITLE. 'I'M FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD TITLE.' YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BY THE TIME YOU GET IN THE RING, YOU'RE JUST READY FOR THAT BIG, BIG MOMENT. NAOMI TAN, 1 NEWS. THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES AT CHILDREN'S CLOTHING RETAILER PUMPKIN PATCH ARE FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE TONIGHT. THE AUCKLAND-BASED COMPANY'S CONFIRMED ITS SHARES ARE NOW VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS AFTER ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH ITS BANK FELL THROUGH. THE VALUES OF ITS SHARES PLUMMETED ALMOST 50% IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS TO 6C. A TRADING HALT'S NOW IN PLACE AHEAD OF A COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT. DONALD TRUMP AND HILLARY CLINTON HAVE EXCHANGED FIRE AT A CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENT. THE NIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BREAK IN THE BITTER ELECTION CAMPAIGN, BUT THE DONALD'S JIBES STRUCK A SOUR TONE, WHILE HILLARY HIT BACK IN TRADEMARK STYLE. HERE'S CHANNEL NINE'S LAURA TURNER. IN A WORD, IT WAS AWKWARD. HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP AT DINNER WITH ONE VERY BRAVE CARDINAL BETWEEN THEM. BOTH WERE REQUIRED TO POKE FUN AT THEMSELVES AND EACH OTHER. IT WAS A THAWING OF THE FROST THAT'S BITTEN THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN. MICHELLE OBAMA GIVES A SPEECH AND EVERYONE LOVES IT. IT'S FANTASTIC. MY WIFE, MELANIA, GIVES THE EXACT SAME SPEECH. CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND PEOPLE GET ON HER CASE. THERE WAS A COLD SNAP, THOUGH, WHEN TRUMP WAS BOOED. HERE SHE IS TONIGHT IN PUBLIC, PRETENDING NOT TO HATE CATHOLICS. CROWD BOOS HILLARY SHOWED RARE PERSONALITY. DONALD WANTED ME DRUG TESTED BEFORE LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE. LAUGHTER AND, LOOK, I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU ` I'M SO FLATTERED THAT DONALD THOUGHT I USED SOME SORT OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCER. LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE NOW, ACTUALLY, I DID. IT'S CALLED PREPARATION. CHEERING SHE SHOULD NEVER... ALL OF THIS IN THE SHADOW OF A NASTY THIRD PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, WHERE TRUMP REFUSED TO SAY IF HE'D ACCEPT AN ELECTION LOSS. I WILL LOOK AT IT AT THE TIME. I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING NOW. I'LL LOOK AT IT AT THE TIME. TODAY HE ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY. I WILL TOTALLY ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THIS GREAT AND HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION... IF I WIN. CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND ANOTHER THORN IN THE SIDE FOR THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ` A 10TH WOMAN HAS COME FORWARD, ALLEGING THAT DONALD TRUMP SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. THIS TIME AT THE US OPEN IN 1998. HIS HAND TOUCHED THE RIGHT INSIDE... OF MY BREAST. TRUMP HAS DENIED THE CLAIMS OF ALL OF HIS FEMALE ACCUSERS. BACK HERE ` WHANGAREI'S IN FESTIVE MOOD AFTER REALISING THE VISION OF A REVOLUTIONARY ARTIST WHO MADE NORTHLAND HIS HOME. BEFORE HE DIED, FREDERICK HUNDERTWASSER GAVE THE CITY HIS DESIGN FOR A MONUMENTAL ART CENTRE. BUT IT'S TAKEN PURE PEOPLE POWER TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND, AS HELEN CASTLES REPORTS. IT'S A WONKY STRUCTURE WITH A MISH-MASH OF COLOURS, TYPICAL OF HUNDERTWASSER. IT'S AMAZING, AMAZING. I JUST CAN'T VISUALISE ALL THIS WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE REAL THING. THIS UNIQUE BUILD'S CALLED A FOLLY, AND ITS OPENING'S A BIG MOMENT FOR THE PROJECT. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT BY THE HUNDERTWASSER FOUNDATION, A FOLLY IS BUILT OR A SAMPLE STRUCTURE SO IT GETS ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE ARTWORK INTO IT. IT'LL ANCHOR THE MUCH LARGER ARTS CENTRE, INCLUDING AN EDUCATION WING, A GALLERY SHOWING HUNDERTWASSER'S ART AND A CONTEMPORARY MAORI GALLERY. THE DESIGN WAS A GIFT FROM THE WORLD-FAMOUS AUSTRIAN ARTIST WHO'D MADE NORTHLAND HIS HOME. THE ORNATE PUBLIC TOILETS IN KAWAKAWA ARE A POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION AND WERE HUNDERTWASSER'S LAST CREATION, BUT THE WHANGAREI CENTRE MEANS THEY WON'T BE HIS LAST. IT IS AMAZING, AND I'VE JUST GOT SUCH A REALLY GOOD TEAM, A REALLY GOOD TEAM, AND WHAT THEY ARE IS THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE ART CENTRE MUST BE BUILT IN KEEPING WITH HUNDERTWASSER'S EXACT STYLE. IN THE HUNDERTWASSER BUILDING, TYPICALLY EVERYTHING'S OUT OF LINE, SO TO GET IT RIGHT, YOU'VE GOTTA GET IT WRONG. WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT 150,000 VISITORS A YEAR THAT WILL ACTUALLY PAY TO GO INTO THE BUILDING. AND WE'RE EXPECTING AT LEAST 500,000 PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE THE BUILDING FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE CENTRE WILL COST $16M. LOCALS HAVE RAISED MOST OF THAT, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO COME UP WITH HAVE ANOTHER $3M BY JUNE. TO FINISH AN ARCHITECTURAL WONDER THAT WILL BE THE LAST AUTHENTIC HUNDERTWASSER DESIGN THE WORLD WILL SEE. HELEN CASTLES, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD ` ISIS TAKES FLIGHT IN ITS BID TO HOLD ON TO MOSUL. THE NEW WEAPON FORCING EYES AND WEAPONS SKYWARDS, AS THE FIGHT ON THE GROUND INTENSIFIES. BOTH PREDATORY AND PERSISTENT. AUSTRALIA'S LEFT SHOCKED BY THIS PAEDOPHILE DANCE TEACHER'S HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE. AND PROVING NO JOB ` OR CLIENT ` IS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL, THE CHRISTCHURCH FIRE SERVICE DUCKS INTO ACTION. A PAEDOPHILE DANCE TEACHER DESCRIBED AS BOTH PREDATORY AND PERSISTENT HAS BEEN JAILED FOR AT LEAST 18 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. SOME OF THE CHILDREN HE SEXUALLY ABUSED WATCHED AS HE WAS SENTENCED TODAY. CHANNEL NINE'S LIZZIE PEARL REPORTS. CHARISMATIC, TALENTED, ENGAGING. UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYS TODAY GRANT DAVIES WAS NONE OF THOSE THINGS AS HE STOOD FOR A JUDGE AND LEARNED HIS FATE. SOME OF THE NINE YOUNG DANCE STUDENTS HE PREYED ON BETWEEN 2001 UNTIL HIS ARREST IN 2013 WERE IN COURT ` EIGHT GIRLS AND ONE BOY. THE OLDEST WAS 14; THE YOUNGEST WAS JUST 10. THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF RG DANCE IN CHISWICK EARNED THE TRUST OF HIS STUDENTS AND QUITE OFTEN THEIR MOTHERS TOO. THERE WAS SLEEPOVERS AND PRIVATE DANCE CLASSES. HE THREATENED SOME OF HIS VICTIMS THAT HE'D MOVE THEM TO THE BACK ROW OF THE PERFORMANCE IF THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITH REQUESTS TO SEND NAKED PICTURES, TELLING ONE GIRL... THE OFFENDER'S CRIMES WERE PREDATORY AND PERSISTENT. THEY WERE CORRUPTING IN THE LONG-TERM AND OF A NATURE WHICH THE COMMUNITY STRONGLY AND RIGHTLY CONDEMNS. POLICE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT GRANT DAVIES IN 2007 AFTER A PARENT RAISED SOME CONCERNS. HE WASN'T CHARGED THEN, AND THE INVESTIGATION WAS DROPPED, BUT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO STOP HIM. WHEN HE RESUMED TEACHING, HE RESUMED HIS MANIPULATION AND SEXUAL ASSAULT OF MORE YOUNG STUDENTS WHO TRUSTED HIM. HE'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN 2031. NZ SPECIAL FORCES ARE NOT IN THE FIGHT AS THE BATTLE FOR MOSUL RAGES ON. THAT'S THE STERN DENIAL FROM OUR DEFENCE FORCE AFTER A BRITISH NEWSPAPER REPORTED THEY'RE SUPPORTING KURDISH AND IRAQI FORCES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS PREVIOUSLY RULED OUT SENDING OUR SAS OR ANY NZ TROOPS INTO COMBAT AGAINST ISIS. THE REBUTTAL COMING AS THE FIRST US COMBAT DEATH WAS ANNOUNCED. A SPECIAL FORCES SERVICEMAN KILLED BY A ROADSIDE BOMB NORTH OF MOSUL. AND IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION, IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES HAVE NOW JOINED THE FIGHT. THEIR FIRST ACT ` A PRE-DAWN ASSAULT ON AN ISIS-HELD TOWN EAST OF THE BESIEGED CITY. BUT IRAQI AND PESHMERGA FORCES ARE NOT JUST FIGHTING ISIS ON THE GROUND. THEY NOW HAVE TO WATCH FOR A NEW AIRBORNE THREAT. THE BBC'S ORLA GUERIN IS NEAR MOSUL. MAN SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE SINGING OF BRAVERY ON THEIR WAY INTO BATTLE, KURDISH PESHMERGA FIGHTERS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, KNOWING DAWN COULD BRING THEM FACE TO FACE WITH SO-CALLED ISLAMIC STATE. EXPLOSIONS AND WITH FIRST LIGHT, THE KURDS BEGAN ATTACKING I.S. POSITIONS HERE JUST NINE MILES FROM MOSUL. THE MILITANTS REPLIED WITH TRACER FIRE. THEN THIS ` THREAT FROM ABOVE. AN I.S. DRONE WAS OVER OUR HEADS. THE PESHMERGA TRIED FRANTICALLY TO SHOOT IT DOWN. A DRONE, APPARENTLY RIGGED WITH EXPLOSIVES, KILLED TWO KURDISH FIGHTERS RECENTLY. THIS ONE GOT AWAY. THEN THERE WERE TWO. ONE WAS BROUGHT TO EARTH. BUT THERE WAS LITTLE TIME TO CELEBRATE. SUDDENLY, A WARNING ` 'GET DOWN. THERE'S A SNIPER.' AS I.S. IS POUNDED WITH HEAVY WEAPONS, THE KURDS LISTEN IN ON THEIR COMMUNICATIONS. HERE THEY TRY TO COORDINATE A COUNTER-ATTACK ON THE TROOPS. 'TARGET THEM ON THE BRIDGE,' ONE COMMANDER SAYS. 'FIRE MISSILES FROM THE PETROL STATION.' THEN THERE'S A PLEA FOR REINFORCEMENTS. BUT I.S. COULDN'T MUSTER ANY HERE, AND THE ASSAULT CONTINUED. SOON THE EXTREMISTS WERE LOSING GROUND. WE'RE ENTERING AN AREA THAT THE KURDISH FORCES HAVE JUST TAKEN. THEY CAME IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR OR SO. THIS VILLAGE WAS AN I.S. STRONGHOLD. NOW THE FURTHER THEY GO FORWARD, THE MORE RESISTANCE THEY EXPECT TO FACE FROM SUICIDE BOMBERS AND FROM SNIPERS. AND WE'VE HEARD SOME SNIPER FIRE JUST IN THE LAST FEW MOMENTS. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. WE HAVE TO STAY ON THE ASPHALT. THE TROOPS BELIEVE THAT I.S. HAS SPENT MONTHS PLANTING ROADSIDE BOMBS ALL AROUND HERE. THERE WILL BE MANY MORE HAZARDS ON THE JOURNEY AHEAD. AND KURDISH SOURCES SAY I.S. IS NOW REGROUPING IN SOME AREAS. SPORT NOW, AND BENJI MARSHALL'S LONG RUGBY LEAGUE CAREER WILL CONTINUE FOR ONE MORE SEASON AT LEAST, WITH THE FORMER TIGERS PREMIERSHIP HERO SIGNING WITH THE FORMER TIGERS PREMIERSHIP HERO SIGNING WITH THE BRISBANE BRONCOS. THE ONE-YEAR DEAL IS WORTH AROUND $200,000, ABOUT $100,000 LESS THAN THE OFFER HE REJECTED FROM THE DRAGONS EARLIER THIS YEAR. BENJI SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING FOR COACH WAYNE BENNET. THEY HAVE A CLOSE BOND AFTER WORKING TOGETHER AT TEST LEVEL WITH NZ AND THE ALL-STARS SIDE. PROVINCIAL RUGBY NOW, AND OTAGO HAVE BOOKED THEMSELVES A SPOT IN THE MITRE 10 CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, BEATING BAY OF PLENTY IN DUNEDIN TONIGHT. THE HOME SIDE RAN IN TWO TRIES TO LEAD 14-6 AT HALF TIME. MITCHEL SCOTT FLINGS IT WIDE. BIG PASS OVER THE TOP FOR FLETCHER SMITH! AND DAWAI'S IN FOR THE TRY! ALL BLACKS FLANKER SAM CANE ALSO MADE HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM INJURY FOR BAY OF PLENTY, BUT WAS SWIFTLY REMINDED OF WHAT HE'D BEEN MISSING. CANE SMASHED IN THE TACKLE BY SIO TOMKINSON. LOSES THE BALL. THE FINAL SCORE 27-20. OTAGO WILL FACE THE WINNER OF TOMORROW'S SEMI BETWEEN WELLINGTON AND NORTH HARBOUR. JUST AHEAD ` OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN ALL THE WORLD, WE HAD A WEATHER FORECAST WALK INTO THIS ONE. AND TWO CREWS, ONE BUCKET ` NO, NOT A WEIRD NEW VIDEO ` A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CHRISTCHURCH FIREFIGHTERS. THEY'VE TACKLED RAGING INFERNOS AND MANY LIFE OR DEATH RESCUE SITUATIONS IN THE PAST. TODAY THE CHRISTCHURCH FIRE SERVICE PROVED THEY WON'T DUCK EVEN THE MOST TRICKY OF SITUATIONS. SAM CLARKE EXPLAINS. PEEPING THE DESPERATE CRIES OF DUCKLINGS IN DISTRESS ` THREE FLEDGLING FOWL TRAPPED DOWN A DRAIN WITH MUM NOWHERE IN SIGHT. STEP UP THE ST ALBANS CREW AND THEIR CRACK DUCK-RESCUING OFFICERS FROM HAREWOOD. THEY'VE COME PREPARED... THEY'RE LIKE GHOSTBUSTERS, BUT THEY'RE DUCKBUSTERS. ...WITH A FIRE TRUCK, THEIR SPECIAL NET AND A BIT OF INGENUITY. WHOO-HOO! WE'VE HIT THE MOTHER LOAD. CHUCKLING THIS IS EASY PICKINGS. BUT THE HATCHLING HEROICS AREN'T OVER JUST YET. THREE LITTLE DARLING DUCKLINGS, SO NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND THE MOTHER. FOR THE LOCAL DUCK COMMUNITY, IT'S A HARD LESSON, ONE THEY'RE LEARNING SLOWLY. WE HAD TWO EXACTLY IN THIS SPOT LAST WEEK. FIVE THE FIRST DAY AND FOUR THE NEXT DAY, SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO THREE. SO WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT THE DUCKS LEARN NOT TO COME BACK TO THIS AREA AGAIN. NO JOB PROVING TOO BIG OR TOO CUTE. IN A HOUSE FIRE, WE DON'T LEAVE UNTIL IT'S OUT AND IT'S DONE PROPERLY. THE SAME WITH CAT RESCUES OR DUCK RESCUES OR ANYTHING ` WE MAKE SURE WE DO THE JOB. GETTING IT DONE ONE DUCKLING AT A TIME. THE HAREWOOD CRACK RESCUE TEAM STRIKES AGAIN. SAM CLARKE, 1 NEWS. SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T TAKE THINGS BACK, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SAY IT LIVE ON TV. HERE'S CNN'S JEREMY ROTH ON A NEWSREADER WHO MAKES RON BURGUNDY LOOK POSITIVELY ERUDITE. A VIRGINIAN NEWS ANCHOR'S HILARIOUS SLIP OF THE TONGUE HAS GONE VIRAL, AND FOR GOOD REASON. CHECK YOUR PANTIES. ABOUT 175,000 RICE... CHECK YOUR WHAT NOW? I THINK THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 'PANTRIES'. INDEED IT WAS. THE ANCHOR WAS READING A SEGMENT ABOUT A RICE COOKER RECALL WHEN ONE LITTLE LETTER LEFT OUT OF A TELEPROMPTER LED TO THE HILARIOUS MISTAKE. DO THESE PEOPLE LEARN NOTHING FROM RON BURGUNDY? I'M RON BURGUNDY? DAMMIT! WHO TYPED A QUESTION MARK ON THE TELEPROMPTER? ANYWHO, THE NEWS TEAM LAUGHED OFF THE FLUB, EVEN RECOGNISING THAT IN NO TIME FLAT,... SAY HELLO TO THE INTERNET. ...THE PHRASE 'CHECK YOUR PANTIES' WILL BE GOING VIRAL. SOMETHING TELLS ME NEXT TIME THEY WILL BE CHECKING... SPELLCHECKING. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER AND THE RACONTEURS. FOR WEATHER, SEE TVNZ.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND MADISON BATTEN. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2016