FROM THE TEAM, GOODNIGHT. ONE NEWS CAPTIONS BY ANNA BRACEWELL-WORRALL AND JOHN LING. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. HI, WELCOME. NZ'S ABOUT TO BLAZE ANOTHER TRAIL. THIS TIME IT'S OVER DRUGS, AND SOME OF YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT. WE'RE SET TO BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO REGULATE LEGAL HIGHS, SO INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING NO, WE'RE SAYING YES. BUT IS IT A DUMB MOVE? ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS ` IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT, AND WE'RE HERE TO DEFEND THAT RIGHT. ALSO, A KIWI FORMER MODEL IS THE TOAST OF THE BIG APPLE, BUT IT'S NOT HIS FRONT-OF-CAMERA WORK WHICH HAS GRABBED NEW YORKERS' ATTENTION. THERE'S BEEN NO PHOTOS TAKEN OF ANY LAST MEALS, SO IT WAS MY BIRD'S-EYE VIEW, OR PRISONER'S-EYE VIEW, OF THESE GUYS LOOKING DOWN ON THEIR MEAL BEFORE THEY GRAB THEIR KNIFE AND FORK AND DIG IN. WE LOVE HIS PICTURES, BUT IT'S THE IDEAS BEHIND THE PICTURES WHICH WILL HAVE YOU WONDERING HOW'D HE EVER COME UP WITH THAT? HE IS AS CLOSE AS YOU COULD EVER GET TO A MATHS ROCK STAR. AND FROM ALL THESE TRAJECTORIES... THAT CORRESPONDED TO A SOLUTION OF SCHWARZSCHILD. FOUR MILLION SOLAR MASSES, 200,000 LIGHT YEARS. PLUS, BOH RUNGA ON SHOES WITH SOUL. THIS IS SEVEN SHARP. KIWIS TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN DOING THINGS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, WE AREN'T AFRAID TO DO IT OUR WAY, AND WE'RE ONCE AGAIN TAKING THE LEAD ON SOMETHING CONTROVERSIAL ` TO BECOME THE FIRST COUNTRY WITH A STATE-REGULATED MARKET FOR RECREATIONAL DRUGS. YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 24 HOURS TO LET THE GOVERNMENT KNOW IF YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. HERE'S CRAIG STANAWAY'S 2C. WHEN WE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO SIGN AN INDIGENOUS TREATY, WE DIDN'T APPEAR TO GO TO HELL IN A HANDCART. SIGN HERE, HERE, HERE AND HERE. YOU GOT THAT, HONKY? NEITHER DID WHEN WE GAVE WOMEN THE VOTE. AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE TOLD THE UNITED STATES TO STICK IT WHEN IT CAME TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS? IF YOU'LL HOLD YOUR BREATH JUST FOR A MOMENT... WE SURVIVED. I CAN SMELL THE URANIUM ON IT... THREE DECADES ON, IT'S THE STENCH OF LEGALISED HIGHS ON YOUR BREATH THAT'S GOT US ALL CONCERNED. WE'RE AGAIN CONTEMPLATING SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTRY'S DONE BEFORE ` BRINGING IN A DRUG LAW TO REGULATE THEM. SO, YOU'RE ASKING THE OLDER GENERATION TO NOW ACCEPT AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN BUY ALL SORTS OF SO-CALLED LEGAL HIGHS, AND THEY DO ALL SORTS TO YOU. THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS OF SEIZURES, RENAL FAILURE, AND THERE MAY BE POTENTIAL LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE DYING. I WAS ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED THAT I WAS GOD. DISORIENTATED, AGGRESSIVE. I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALISE THAT SYNTHETIC CANNABIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE STRONG. BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S IGNORING CALLS TO BAN THEM. INSTEAD, THE 'PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES' BILL WILL FORCE THE LEGAL HIGH INDUSTRY TO PROVE THINGS LIKE SYNTHETIC CANNABIS ARE LOW RISK. ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT. AND WE'RE HERE TO DEFEND THAT RIGHT. BUT WE WANNA DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S LEGAL AND LOW RISK. HAND ON HEART, I'VE NEVER SMOKED CANNABIS. WHY IS IT SO POPULAR? BECAUSE I DON'T GET IT. YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING ONE. I MEAN, HAND ON HEART, I ALSO HAVEN'T SMOKED SYNTHETIC CANNABIS. IN FACT, I'M BORING. MR BORING. I'VE NEVER SMOKED ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. SO DO YOU THINK NOW I'M GONNA SUCK IT UP FOR THE CAMERAS AND SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE? I DON'T THINK SO. BUT WE DO HAVE SOMEONE REALLY REALLY FAMOUS TO DEMONSTRATE. SO, YOU REPRESENT POPULAR CULTURE. YOU DON'T SMOKE, DO YOU? NO. A LOT OF IMPRESSIONABLE GIRLS STILL THINK SHE'S HANNAH MONTANA. SHE MADE DENIM SHORTS A WORLDWIDE TREND,... # PARTY IN THE USA. # ...AND THE WAY MILEY CYRUS PARTIED ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY WAS BY SMOKING A LEGAL HIGH. (SPEAKS GIBBERISH) FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THERE, SHE APPEARED TO GO COMPLETELY BARKING MAD. (SPEAKS GIBBERISH) YOU CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE WANT THEM BANNED. THERE'S NO POINT BANNING SYNTHETIC CANNABIS. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. AND HE'S GOT SUPPORT FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE. IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE USED, THEY SHOULD REALLY BE TESTED FIRST, AND IT'S A NICE WAY OF REGULATING THEM AND FINDING OUT A BIT ABOUT THESE DRUGS. ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY SAYING PROHIBITION DOESN'T WORK? > YES. DR BRUCE HAS A POINT. PROHIBITION HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FAILURE. IS SYNTHETIC CANNABIS LOW RISK? THAT'S KIND OF A LOADED QUESTION. FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IT IS, YES, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT. AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO REAL WAY OF PREDICTING IT AT THE MOMENT. AND IF YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE, THEN IT'S NOT A LOW-RISK DRUG. IS ALCOHOL LOW RISK? NOT TERRIBLY, NO. AND DR ANIL, WHO'S SEEN EVERYTHING OVER THE LAST DECADE, AGREES. OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS, ANIL'S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HAS HAD MORE THAN 600 ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADMISSIONS. ONLY 15 WERE FROM LEGAL HIGHS. ALCOHOL IS THE MAJOR DRUG THAT WE'RE SEEING BEING USED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO COULD LEGISLATION BE A GOOD THING? GETTING GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE IS GOING TO COST THE LEGAL HIGH INDUSTRY MORE THAN $1M PER PRODUCT. THEIR INDUSTRY IS ONLY WORTH AROUND $30M. I THINK THERE WILL BE A SHRINKING OF THE MARKET SIZE. AND IF THEIR PRODUCTS AREN'T DEEMED LOW RISK, THEY WON'T BE APPROVED. THE DRUGS WE'VE SEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ` THERE'S NONE I CAN CLASSIFY AS LOW RISK. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT IS BEING SOLD OR MARKETED AS AN ALTERNATIVE LEGAL HIGH TO BECOME LOWER POTENCY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE A LOW RISK OF HARM. LOWER POTENCY, LESS OF IT AND A LOW RISK OF HARM. NZ ` EXOTIC NATIVE PLANTS. DOING OUR BEST TO AVOID HELL IN A HANDCART SINCE 1840. Notes no amount of drugs can make hannah montana's music palatable. The people who gathered through hoops are going to recoup the costs. You are never going to get over. You are going to create a whole new black market for that. The government as to what they do best strangling something with red tape I agree with what they're doing. Jamie says: if you keep it legal and regulated, what sort of message are you sending? Hospital admissions are mostly alcohol-related. We know how much we can have and how much before it causes a problem. Mr Manning on twitter says it is a slippery slope. STILL TO COME ` I'M OFF TO PONSONBY TO HAVE A LOOK AT BOH RUNGA'S ETHICAL PROJECT, BUT BEFORE THAT WE MEET TWO WORLD-BEATING NZERS. ONE WAS A MALE MODEL,... aWHAT DID YOUR MUM SAY? UH, SHE IS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF ANYTHING I DO, SO THANKFULLY SHE STOOD BY THE PROJECT. ...BUT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA HE'S MAKING HIS PRESENCE FELT IN THE US. AND THE OTHER IS THE SCIENTIFIC VERSION OF A ROCK STAR. Electricity is an essential service we use in almost every aspect of our lives. Mighty River Power generates more than 90% of its electricity from renewable hydro and geothermal resources. It powers nearly one in five NZ homes and businesses, and you can own a part of it. Visit mightyrivershares.govt.nz now to share in it. WELCOME BACK. JACK TAME'S BEEN AT IT AGAIN ` TRACKING DOWN THE NZERS MAKING IT BIG IN THE US THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR MUCH ABOUT BACK HERE. HENRY HARGREAVES IS A KIWI PHOTOGRAPHER IN NEW YORK. HIS PICTURES ARE FANTASTIC, BUT IT'S HIS IDEAS THAT ARE GETTING PEOPLE TALKING. # FALLING, FALLING... # IT WAS LUNCHTIME IN BROOKLYN,... AND WITH THE HELP OF HIS TRUSTY DEEP-FRYER AND A $4 TV DINNER, HENRY HARGREAVES WAS PREPARING A PARTICULARLY UNAPPETISING FEED. IT'S PRETTY GRIM, EH? THIS, THANKFULLY, ISN'T HIS EFFORT AT HOSPITALITY,... AND THE MASH POTATOES ` IT STAYS TOGETHER. ...BUT RATHER THE VERY LAST MEAL OF THE MOST RECENT MAN... < SO, WHEN DID THIS GUY DIE? UH,... I THINK THURSDAY. ...TO BE EXECUTED IN AMERICA. YOU KNOW, AS A KIWI COMING OVER HERE, AND ANYONE FROM NZ, THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE DEATH PENALTY IS JUST SO OUT THERE. THERE'S BEEN NO PHOTOS TAKEN OF ANY LAST MEALS, AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE EVER ALLOWED TO GET IN THERE. SO IT'S MY BIRD'S EYE VIEW ` OR PRISONER'S EYE VIEW ` OF THESE GUYS LOOKING DOWN ON THEIR MEAL BEFORE THEY GRAB THEIR KNIFE AND FORK AND DIG IN. YEP. IT'S MACABRE. CONTROVERSIAL, EVEN. BUT HENRY HARGREAVES IS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE WORK PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT. I DON'T TRY AND BE HIGHBROW. AGAIN, I JUST TRY AND DO` I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOW SOMEONE'S SOUL, OR MY SOUL, OR, YOU KNOW, THE INNER SYNAPSIS OF MY BRAIN. I JUST WANT TO SHOW THINGS THAT INTEREST ME. FUNKY MUSIC IT WAS 12 YEARS AGO, AFTER A CHILDHOOD IN CH-CH, THAT HENRY HARGREAVES MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO WORK AS A HIGH-END FASHION MODEL. HE DID THREE YEARS' PUCKERING, POSING, BROODING AND BLUE-STEELING FOR SOME OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BRANDS, THEN DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CHANGE SIDES. BY BEING ON THE FASHION SHOOTS, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF WAS ABLE TO SEE THE TRICKS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE DOING, AND I WANTED TO BE THE ONE WHO WAS MAKING THE CALLS. FUNKY MUSIC SO BEGAN THIS: A WEALTH OF WORK ` TRIPPY, COLOURFUL AND MESMERIZINGLY CREATIVE. FROM LITERALLY BURNING CALORIES TO PORTRAITING US PRESIDENTS OUT OF JELLY, HENRY HARGREAVES EVEN COMBINED TWO AMERICAN FAVOURITES IN HIS SERIES ON DEEP-FRIED GADGETS. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TRYING TO STIR A REACTION FROM SOMEONE, AND THE NEGATIVE ONES ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY HIT HOME. YEAH. IF SOMEONE'S TAKEN TIME TO WRITE, THEY'VE TAKEN TIME TO THINK, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE GONNA REMEMBER. AND YET, OF ALL HIS WORK, PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN TURNED OUT TO BE THE TYPE OF PHOTOGRAPH YOU NEED A SPECIAL PAIR OF GLASSES TO PROPERLY APPRECIATE. I THOUGHT, 'WHAT WOULD WORK WITH THIS 3-D?' WHAT IS 3-D? IT'S FUN, IT'S PLAYFUL, IT'S KITSCH, IT DOESN'T TAKE ITSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. AND I NEEDED TO SHOOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FORM. SO I THOUGHT, 'PORTRAITS? NO, TOO SERIOUS. LANDSCAPES? UH, BLAH.' AND I JUST THOUGHT, 'WHY NOT BOOBS?' YOU KNOW? YEP. BOOBS. HENRY HARGREAVES' 3DD SOLD OUT OF TWO PRINT RUNS, ROCKETED TO THE TOP OF THE AMAZON EROTIC BESTSELLERS AND EVEN SPAWNED A SEQUEL. IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF BREASTS ` ALL SHAPES, SIZES, AGES, COLOURS, ALL NATURAL. WHAT DID YOUR MUM SAY? SHE IS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF ANYTHING I DO, SO THANKFULLY SHE STOOD BY THE PROJECT! SO, NOW, LET'S SEE HOW THIS STUFF PHOTOGRAPHS. HIS ITALIAN SHOW LATER THIS YEAR, THOUGH, WILL FEATURE THE DEATH-ROW REQUESTS. IT'S TAKEN MONTHS OF GHOULISH RESEARCH AND WORK TO FINISH OFF. AS I WAS READING THROUGH WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAD FOR THEIR LAST MEALS, FOR A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EMPATHISE WITH THEM AS PEOPLE. AND THOUGH YOU CAN UNDERSTAND TIMOTHY MCVEIGH'S HEAP OF MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP ICE CREAM OR JOHN WAYNE GACY'S FRIED CHICKEN AND STRAWBERRIES, NOT ALL THE DEATH ROW INMATES ARE QUITE SO GLUTTONOUS. THIS MURDERER CHOSE A SINGLE OLIVE. AND FOR THE LAST GUY EXECUTED, IT WAS EVEN WORSE. YOU SEE, TEXAS NO LONGER GIVES PRISONERS THE CHOICE. SO HENRY HARGREAVES' FINAL PHOTO IS OF CHICKEN, VEGGIES AND MASH. AS IF BEING EXECUTED WASN'T BAD ENOUGH. Fried chicken mashed� potatoes no you might have been disappointed we didn't show you any boobs. We can't show them at this time of night. The interesting thing about his work in particular is that there's been lots of talk about it on international news websites and people think that creepy to photograph people's last meals. What would you choose? People usually want something really complicated ` like something Gordon Ramsay would cook one person chose Pixie caramel. Me ` I'll go with something really simple. Raw salmon with soy sauce and wasabi. NZ HAS NO SHORTAGE OF HEROES FROM THE WORLD OF SPORTS, MUSIC AND THE ARTS, BUT TONIGHT WE MEET A DIFFERENT SORT. FORGET RUGBY, IT'S TIME TO GET EXCITED ABOUT MATHS. GREG STUBBINGS HAS A NERD-GASM OVER A BRILLIANT KIWI MIND IN CHRISTCHURCH. OVER A BRILLIANT KIWI MIND IN CHRISTCHURCH. AWE-INSPIRING MUSIC BLACK HOLES ` THE COOLEST THING IN COSMOLOGY, THE FONZIE OF PHYSICS. THIS REASONABLY SMART GUY HAD A THEORY ABOUT THEM AND CAME UP WITH A SET OF EQUATIONS TO DESCRIBE THEM, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THIS DASHING YOUNG MATHEMATICIAN WHO, IN 1963, FOUND A SOLUTION TO EINSTEIN'S EQUATIONS FOR A ROTATING BLACK HOLE, LIKE THE ONE WE FIND AT THE CENTRE OF OUR GALAXY. AND THAT INCREDIBLE SOLUTION WAS, LIKE, A REALLY BIG DEAL. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY AND ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY. TOLD YOU IT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND GUESS WHAT? THIS GUY IS A KIWI. HIS NAME IS ROY KERR. HE'S MY HERO. AND HE'S LIVING IN CHRISTCHURCH WITH HIS WIFE, MARGARET, AND 17 GOLDEN RETRIEVERS. I SUPPOSE THE BEST AWARD I EVER GOT WAS FROM THE BRITISH ROYAL SOCIETY. THIS WAS THE HUGHES MEDAL, AND I GOT THE ONE FOR PHYSICS THAT YEAR. AND THIS CHANDRASEKHAR ` VERY FAMOUS SCIENTIST. HE SAID ROY'S WORK WAS THE 'MOST SHATTERING EXPERIENCE' OF HIS 45-YEAR NOBEL-PRIZE-WINNING CAREER. YEAH, NOT BAD FOR A KID WHO USED TO WORK AT HIS DAD'S FACTORY. I USED TO COUNT RUBBER BANDS AND PUT THEM IN LITTLE PACKETS. THAT'S A GREAT JOB FOR A FUTURE. (LAUGHS) I COULD DO 600 PACKETS ` COUNT THEM IN AN HOUR. LUCKILY, ROY'S TALENTS ALSO STRETCHED TO ACADEMIC PURSUITS. AND I ACTUALLY WENT FROM ST ANDREW'S, WHICH HAD NO TEACHER IN MATHS OR PHYSICS WHEN I WAS THERE, AND I WENT FROM THERE TO STAGE-THREE MATHEMATICS. SO THIRD-YEAR MATHS AT UNI? YEAH, IN MY FIRST YEAR. ROY MOVED ON TO HIS MASTER'S AT CANTERBURY, BUT HE WAS SO YOUNG, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET HIM SIT THE EXAMS. SO I HAD TO STICK AROUND PLAYING BILLIARDS MOSTLY ` BILLIARDS AND BADMINTON. JUST TO FILL IN TIME BEFORE THEY COULD GIVE YOU YOUR MASTER'S? JUST WAITING TO TAKE THE EXAMS. ROY WENT ON TO COMPLETE HIS PHD IN CAMBRIDGE, WHICH SET HIM ON A PATHWAY TO MATHEMATICAL... ECHOES: IMMORTALITY. BUT THEN HE CAME BACK WITH THAT AWESOME SHIRT IN 1971 AND LECTURED AT CANTERBURY UNI FOR 22 YEARS. NOW YOU'RE THINKING WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD OF THIS DUDE? AND FROM ALL THESE TRAJECTORIES... THAT CORRESPONDED TO A SOLUTION OF SCHWARZSCHILD. FOUR MILLION SOLAR MASSES, 200,000 LIGHT YEARS. THEORETICAL PHYSICS CAN BE A TOUGH SELL. A LOT OF MY FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED IN GOLDEN RETRIEVERS, AND THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW, I DON'T THINK. (LAUGHS) BUT APPARENTLY, IT'S ONLY US KIWIS NOT SHOWING LOVE FOR THE KERR-MANATOR. IN OTHER COUNTRIES, IT'S DIFFERENT. THEY LINE UP AND WANT THEIR PHOTOGRAPH, AND THEY WANT HIM TO AUTOGRAPH BITS AND PIECES. I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST A KIWI THING. < YOU DON'T GET RECOGNISED IN THE STREET IN NZ, DO YOU, MUCH? THANK GOD THE HUSBANDS DON'T NOTICE ME. DOG BARKS EVEN THE DOG LOVED THAT ONE. NOW, THE FINAL TESTS OF TRUE LEGENDARY KIWI STATUS ` HUMILITY AND BEING SLIGHTLY INAPPROPRIATE. LOOK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE UNIVERSE IS HERE OR WHATEVER IT MEANS. THE ONLY THING I AM SURE OF IS IF ANYBODY ELSE TOLD ME THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE FULL OF BULLSHIT. AWESOME. Luke stewart on twitter said: yeah, maths. This medal is so important. STAY WITH US. LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH GREG. AFTER THE BREAK... Don't miss your chance to personally own a part of Mighty River Power. Make sure you visit mightyrivershares.govt.nz while you still can to share in it. I need people had dirty minds. Seven sharp people had crashed the boob blog. IT'S ONE OF THE HOT TRENDS IN RETAIL, GUILT-FREE SHOPPING. YES WE'VE HAD FAIR-TRADE BANANAS, PALM-OIL-FREE CHOCOLATE, AND NOW GREG'S ON AUCKLAND'S PONSONBY RD WITH THE LATEST ` DO-GOODER SHOES. The company is called Tom's. Here Is someone who can explain it better than I can. What attracted me to Tom's is the fact that each shoe purchased or each sunglass or eye wear purchased, other people can benefit from that. It seems quite unsustainable. It's a beautiful concept. you sell one, you give one away. How do you make that last? The model is completely sustainable. It was a full profit. How does that work? You incorporated into the price, but we don't do things like other companies. It is a different model. Not only will help a lot of children around the world, but may inspire other companies to think differently. Will you be applying the same model to kids here? It is based on need. We don't specifically target regions. thank you both very much. THAT'S IT TONIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY JUNE YEOW AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT TVNZ ACCESS SERVICES 2013