NZ wins on home soil
New Zealand had to wait patiently until the fifth minute to get on the board with Cama repeating his successful semifinal cross kick tactic to put Tim Mikkelson in behind the defence, the rangy forward finding Forbes for the try.
Halai got the second when he left Setefano Cakau in his wake on a brilliant 50 meter run to the corner, then swatted off his marker for a second before halftime, Cama making it an emphatic 24-0 at the break.
Waisea Nayacavelu scored a consolation try near full time, but Fiji were never going to come back from such a deficit and the second spell had an air of inevitability.
New Zealand coach Gordon Tietjens cleverly continued his tactic of using All Black Hosea Gear as an impact player off the reserves bench as the Kiwis closed out the win.
It completed back to back wins in the capital for Tietjens men and denied Fiji their first win in Wellington since 2010.
It was the first time the old rivals had met in a Wellington final since 2004 when the home side prevailed 33-15.
Captain DJ Forbes quotes from the holy book after the win at home.
Coach, Gordon Tietjens said that defence was the key to their win in denying Fiji possession from the kick-off.
New Zealand now head to Las Vegas as outright series leaders with 73 points followed by Fiji on 70 and England on 3rd place with 64 points.
Story by: Dreu Vukailagi
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