Are they dying? Hm,... yes. Killing the turtles,... We are the cause. ...killing our oceans and the beaches. This is like a rubbish tip. Tonight, death by plastic. And Steve Carell,... Oh God. Oh God. Birthday hug. Oh God. Birthday hug. No, no, no. New suit. ...star of 'The Office' ` I made you what you are and I get nothing back! Hollywood's funniest man. Oh, Miki! I am much more of a jerk to people now. Kia ora, I'm Miriama Kamo. Sparkling waters, golden sands. Clean, green and 100% pure, right? Wrong. That's the image we cling to, but the truth is something altogether different. Tonight a close-up look at the state of our beaches and the sea. This might shock you. Here's Peter Cronshaw. Are there turtles in NZ? Yes. Are they here all year round? Yes. Are they dying? Hm,... yes. It is a tragic fact, but right here, in our own clean, green, 100% pure backyard, these magnificent creatures are falling victim to a 21st century phenomenon ` death by plastic! Our rubbish is killing those animals. All it needs is one plastic bag, a bit of fishing line, discarded fishing line, can kill a turtle really slowly and really quite horribly. These are just a few of the many, some say thousands, of turtles dying on our shores. It is definitely our problem. We are the cause. We are the effect, and as a result, there are numeral numbers of species and individuals out there that are... that are dying on a daily, yearly basis because of what we do. Clear mouth. No injuries in the mouth cavity. Marine biologist Dan Godoy has witnessed the devastation first hand. I'm finding, at the moment, up to almost half of the turtles that I necropsy, or do autopsies on, have either ingested plastic or have become entangled in marine debris of one sort or another. All this plastic, 224 pieces in total, was removed from the intestine of just one dead turtle. To a turtle, a plastic bag floating in the water can look like a jellyfish, one of their favourite foods. What happens once it ingests the plastic, it can become imbedded or impacted within the intestinal tract of the animal. And what that means is that it actually forms a blockage or a gut impaction. That is like a really hard foreign obstruction in there. 'A number of the animals that I've necropsied 'have shown perforated intestines due to the plastic they've ingested,' significant amounts of disease and infection. And so you can imagine this animal this whole time having to go through that, that really slow and painful death, really. See, there's that piece that was protruding out. See, there's that piece that was protruding out. Oh yeah. > See, that's a nasty bit of jagged plastic which would've hurt like hell. It's very rare that you'll actually find a product which has a place of manufacture on it. It just seem to be plastic bags and things, but I have found samples within turtles that I've necropsied here with NZ products. Which brings us to turtle 267. Included in the 67 pieces of plastic removed from its intestine, was a well-known chip packet, some plastic from Lower Hutt, an Independent Breweries label from Auckland, and another with the brand name NZ Pure. It's a bit ironic, isn't it? I mean, here we are saying that we are a 100% pure NZ, and, you know, the very rubbish that I find inside a turtle is that same or a similar brand that says pure in it. NZ Pure ` it's a sad indictment, embarrassment, to our clean green image. What was going through your head when you found that plastic label? Here we go again, you know. This is proof that, you know, undeniable proof that what we do and the rubbish we throw away has an impact on these endangered species. Really frustrating. Once a turtle has ingested plastic, human intervention is the only thing that can prevent a slow and agonising death. Kelly Tarlton's has become an A & E ward of sorts for our sick and dying marine turtles. So you're ready to take bloods? > We are averaging about, probably six a year, if not more. Sometimes, like this year, we've received over 13, so we've been steadily building those numbers up as well. Post ocular left. One, two, three, four, five. 'At any one time there can be potentially 1000 other guys, or more, 'just floating out there that just never come ashore. 'These ones are fortunate that they have given up the ghost. 'The right weather pattern has hit them and someone has walked past them' and prod what they thought was a dead turtle, and that saved them. The odds of them getting here are pretty slim. There will probably be thousands of them in that same situation that, you know, won't get to us and will, you know, die a horrible death. Of the 13 turtles rescued by Kelly Tarlton's this year, eight could not be saved. I get frustrated, I get disheartened. I, um, feel for this animal that's had to go through the pain of dying due to ingesting plastic and it becomes impacted in its stomach and its ingest... intestinal track, and I get angry sometimes, but, yeah, mostly just really disheartened at the situation that we've created ourselves. So just how clean is our ocean? This is like a rubbish tip. After the break, our own shores of shame. d Every year about 7 billion tons of rubbish makes its way into the world's oceans. Today, it's estimated there are 20,000 pieces of plastic floating on every square kilometre of ocean. I certainly don't feel that within my lifetime I will ever see an ocean free of plastic. You don't think it is going to be cleaned up in your lifetime? No. No way. Not from what I've seen. If it's rubbish you're after, Haden Smith knows where to find it. It's not that bad, though. To me, this beach looks pretty clean. 'It isn't until you drop to your hands and knees 'that you realise we are facing an industrial-size problem.' You've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12... The high-tide mark of Takapuna Beach is littered with thousands and thousands of tiny pieces of plastic. All the time I've spent on the beach with the kids, I've never even noticed this stuff. 'The beaches we love are now coated in plastic sand.' I would almost guarantee there would be a million pieces, easily, with the amount of those raw plastic pellets, those mermaid tears that are lying there on the beach. These tiny plastic pellets, or mermaid tears, are imported into the country, re-heated and used to manufacture all things plastic. We get pretty upset when there's an oil spill, when we see oil... > We get pretty upset when there's an oil spill, when we see oil... > This is oil in a solid form. 'It took us just 10 minutes to fill this vial ` 786 pieces in total.' And it's just endless. So, how did they get on the beach? They have come from the plastic industries, they've come from the transport industry, where the bags that are carrying those pellets have been pierced by forklifts, and, again, all the stormwater networks just take them away so swiftly. But industry alone isn't to blame. A moment of carelessness, a plastic bag lost to the wind, will ultimately end in the ocean through our stormwater system. It saddens me a little bit, but that's why we're out there, going out there to clean it up, because that's what needs to be done. So, we'll do this spot, and then we'll go out and go 100m up, again, on the right. For the past 10 years, Hayden Smith has been picking up our rubbish. This is where we get wet feet. We've picked up over 25 million pieces of trash from the local waterways here in Auckland, and that's over 3.1 million litres of trash which is enough to fill over 105 shipping containers full of waste. < In 10 years? < In 10 years? Yep. From the local harbour here. This is like a rubbish tip. 'Behind the thin green veil of mangroves, lurks a disgusting plastic soup.' Do you know, I expected bottles and I expected the odd jandal, but the thing that does my head in is all these pellets. There's probably millions of them through here. '85% of this rubbish comes from the land via the stormwater drains.' It's kind of out of sight, out of mind for people, though, isn't it? 'If it's not picked up, it will remain in the ocean for hundreds of years.' This old Coca-Cola bottle has been out of circulation for over 25 years. We've cleaned this space up in the last nine months, and this has returned here from somewhere. In an hour we managed to pick up 20 bags of rubbish. We cleaned just 20m of coast. I think with the work that we are doing is like the spark that's igniting the engine that's yet to follow, if we can put it that way. < It'll take a big engine to clean up that ocean. Oh, it's a lifetime and another lifetime, and so on. It is an eternal process that we have to go through. In our throwaway society, plastic can outlive its usefulness in a matter of minutes, but it can remain a deadly threat to turtles for decades to come. Unless we do something about the plastic that we're putting in the oceans, I can't see, honestly, see them, you know, going much longer. It's-It's that bad. It's pretty bad. I'm going to get wet, aren't I? Which brings us to G-3,... ...roll over towards you. ...roll over towards you. Nice and soft. ...an endangered green turtle brought back from the brink of death. Yeah, bro, you're going to get wet. > G-3, yeah. He'd actually ingested a whole lot of rope. He passed that eventually. We got him on paraffin oil, and we thought he was out of the woods, but then he just went back. And we found out there was still more inside of him, and he blocked up, and we very nearly lost him, and so a lot more intensive work went back on him, and we got him right. G-3 is about to be released back to the wild. Go around all of that. In an effort to find out more information about these mysterious creatures, he's been fitted with a transmitter, and for the next couple of years, his movements will be monitored. Their chance of survival? I don't know. I really don't know. It doesn't look great, that's why they're endangered in the first place, aren't they? For years they were considered the waifs of the sea ` lonely stragglers washed upon our shores by wind and tide. Freedom, eh? Mate, moments away. We now know they're here, but the big question is how long till they disappear forever. Collectively we can make a huge difference. Do you need to buy that item that is wrapped four times over in layers and layers of plastic? Think about what is going to happen to that plastic once you discard it. < Happy ever after? < Happy ever after? Hopefully. They've been around for more than a hundred million years. We've been around for a few, and to cause the extinction of these species would be shameful. Man, that's sobering, isn't it? That really gets you thinking. And a situation report. G-3, the green turtle has moved only a couple of kilometres from where he was released three weeks ago. Signals from his transmitter tell us he's hanging round the famous 'hole in the rock' in the Bay of Islands. A special thanks, too, to Steve Hathaway and Mike Bhana for those stunning underwater shots. Up next, 'The Office' versus 'The Office' US. Ricky Gervais versus Steve Carell. He's someone who's always been, in private, the most supportive, generous, kind, gentlemanly person. And then in public... I made you what you are and I get nothing back. ...he is so merciless. He's so mean. It'll be your chance to personally own a part of one of NZ's largest electricity companies. To indicate your interest, pre-register now and you'll receive your share offer document when it's available. NZers who pre-register may be allocated up to 25% more shares than those who don't. Pre-registering does not commit you to buy. So visit mightyrivershares.govt.nz or call 0800 90 30 90 and get ready to share in it. Welcome back. Steve Carell always fancied himself as a lawyer. So what went right? Because somewhere along the way he became a funny man, a very funny man! A $200,000-an-episode funny man. He's with Rhani Sadler. Hey, Steve. > Hey, Steve. > Are you the person that I am going to speak to? I am the person you're going to speak to. Have you got lots to say? > I do. I have... I've-I've a lot of things I need to get off my chest. Oh, good. Do you want to lie down? > Oh, good. Do you want to lie down? > Um, maybe eventually. We'll see how this goes. Oh. You know, I-I don't want to get... You know, I-I don't want to get... Too personal. You know, I-I don't want to get... Too personal. ...too personal. Hello. Lovely to meet you. Hello. Lovely to meet you. Nice to meet you too. (LAUGHS) Ooooh. You're going to die. No, I'm not. Quack, quack, quack, quack. GLASS SHATTERS Oh God! Oh, oh, oh, oh. (GULPS) I'm going to ask you some very serious questions, and the first one's a bit personal. I hope you don't get offended. and the first one's a bit personal. I hope you don't get offended. I will, I will be offended. The White House reception committee greeted the Prime Rib Roast Minister,... And I do the cha-cha like a sissy girl. Do you still cha-cha like a sissy girl? Do you still cha-cha like a sissy girl? I do. You do? > You do? > I cha-cha like a sissy girl. I like-a do da cha-cha. I want to throw a few names at you and I want you to give me a quick response. (JABBERS) (JABBERS) Jim Carrey? > Jim Carrey? > Nice guy. That was two words. That was two words. Well, go for one. I'll try for one this time. So, ready? So, ready? Yep. (COUNTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (SCREAMS) I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's just your job. (GROANS) Do you want me to stop now? Do you want me to stop now? No, no, no, no. That's OK. (GRUNTS) I'll never forget when we shot that scene in '40 Year Old Virgin', the women on the crew kept coming to me and saying, 'Are you sure you don't want to trim it down a little bit before you do this?' 'Are you sure that you don't want to take some ibuprofen or something?' I was, like, 'No, no! Come on. I'm a guy. I can take it. I can take it.' Does it look good? Does it look good? Yeah. It looks really good. Ooooooh, oh. It looks man-tastic. And I wish I'd listened to them. Wow, I didn't expect that at all! I felt like crying, and it was on camera. They had, like, seven cameras set up. It was obviously one take. To me, the funniest part of that scene is the guys behind me; not so much me getting it done, but their reactions, which could not have been more genuine, because I was really having it done. And, actually, Romany Malco, you'll see in the movie, he has to leave. He has to walk off the set because he's so grossed out. (LAUGHS) Um, so I'm sure those patches of my hair are on the internet somewhere for sale. One, two, three! SCREAMS: Oh, Miki, you should burn in hell! OK. All right. No, seriously, I think I'm done. KNOCK ON DOOR KNOCK ON DOOR < Yes? There he is, the birthday boy. There he is, the birthday boy. Oh God. Birthday hug. Birthday hug. No, no, no. New suit. Please. That suit is amazing. That suit is amazing. Thank you very much. It is from Italy. Actually, no, Bulgaria. Mm. Maybe I should get one. Mm. Maybe I should get one. Good luck. One of a kind. Is it true that before you joined 'The Office', you'd not seen the British show? I'd seen a little bit of it but I had opted not to watch too much more than that. Only because Ricky Gervais was so good and so definitive in that role, that had I... My fear was if I watched too much of it, I would just want to do an impression of him. Oh, yeah, I know how to do it, at least, all that stuff as well. Yeah, the` All that stuff, yeah, just like the control of the body, and it's all back now, innit? Busy? Busy? Yeah, just... keeping up morale. Can we have a chat? Can we have a chat? Yeah. (MOUTHS) He's someone who's always been, in private, the most supportive, generous, kind, gentlemanly person, and then in public, he is so merciless. He is so mean. But it's fun. I mean, if you're taken down by him, I think that's a badge of honour. Where is he? Where is he? Over there in the front row, just... LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE Just in case you have to make a dash for it. I made you. I'm going off-road. Everyone's getting nervous now. There's nothing on the autocue. I can do anything. This is live. LAUGHTER I made you what you are and I get nothing back. LAUGHTER ROCK MUSIC I want to ask how life is different for you now. Well, I'm much more of a jerk to people now. Uh-ha, good. Uh-ha, good. Um, all the friends that I used to have, I don't have any more, and I don't keep in touch with. Um, how was it different, honestly? Um, it's not that much... It's not that much different. I mean, um... Except that you have millions of dollars. I have a lot more money than I used to have, yeah. That's pretty awesome. You have done a variety of films. Obviously, you made your name in comedy, but you have turned your hand to the serious films as well. Do you enjoy those as much or more? Yeah, because I just want to... I really want to become more pretentious. And I'd like to... I'd like to... (LAUGHS) take myself way more seriously as an actor. Rick, where did you get a hand grenade? Rick, where did you get a hand grenade? I don't know. ALL SCREAM, SHOUT Arrrrgh! Comedy can be very challenging because you just don't know... you don't know what people are going to respond to, what's going to be funny. What might be funny on the page might not translate to be funny in a movie. And things you think are hysterical on the day when you shoot it, like this interview, might just be terrible! So you never know. What you're feeling right now, that's why you became a magician. How did you do that? How did you do that? It's partially deboned. We need some sort of grand illusion. You and Burt Wonderstone plan to stay in the box an entire week? Arrrrrrgh! I-I-I can't breath. I-I-I can't breath. It's only been 20 minutes! Arrrrrgh! FABRIC TEARS FABRIC TEARS This is the best trick ever. So you are magical? So you are magical? I am. I have magic powers. So, here is something I prepared earlier. OK. This is the cup and balls? OK. This is the cup and balls? Yes. Well, just one ball. > BOTH LAUGH All I'm saying, I'm not saying anything salacious, I'm just saying 'cup' and 'ball', all I'm saying. Not 'balls'. All right, now, can you follow...? Now, which...? Now, see? It's under... What? It's, um,... It's under the table. (LAUGHS) Incorrect. Now watch this. Ready? Ready? Yeah. > What is there left for Steve Carell to do? What is there left for Steve Carell to do? What is there left? I think I'm going to be writing a symphony. Will you also be playing... the fife? The fife?! Wow, you know way too much about me. Yeah, what's left to do is to raise my kids. Honestly. That's... That's my goal in life, is to raise them, and, you know, try to instil some decent values in them, and just try to... I try to... Gosh, not to sound too pretentious about anything, but I kind of just want to put some good stuff out there, just some fun, and, um, not take it all too seriously. I have laid eggs inside of your brain. Get them out of my head! You are no longer in control of me. I control you, and you are under my power. SOTTO VOCE: I know everything, Thurman. And I release you. APPLAUSE Steve, that's great, thank you so much. That was really fun. Steve, that's great, thank you so much. That was really fun. I appreciate it. Thank you. He is fantastic. That's our show for tonight. We'll see you next week. Meanwhile, do check us out on Facebook, Sunday TVNZ. Thanks for joining us. Nga mihi nui, hei kona.