WE'RE GOT A BIG CYCLONE ON ITS WAY. PEOPLE ARE ALL DIVING FOR COVER, BUT WE'RE WELCOMING IT. SOUND CRAZY? WELL, IT'S ALL TO BECOME THE WORLD'S BEST. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S A WEEK-LONG JOURNEY OF HAMMERING THROUGH WAVES, BIG SURF, 20KM PADDLES. IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY. PLUS ` I THINK NZ'S GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER DRINKING CULTURE. THE NEW KIND OF PUB RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP. IT'S FUN DOWN HERE, EH. NO, WE ONLY HAVE PEOPLE WE WANT TURN UP ` THERE'S NO DRAMA. AND ` PLEASE LET ME JUST SURVIVE THIS RIDE AND LET ME JUST, LIKE, KEEP SOME KIND OF PRIDE. WE DIDN'T SCARE DIANA KRALL OFF LAST TIME ` SHE'S BACK WITH A KIWI CLASSIC. # IN THE PAPER TODAY, TALES OF WAR AND OF WASTE. # 6PM CAPTIONS BY IMOGEN STAINES AND ASHLEE SCHOLEFIELD. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015 Good to see . WHERE Do you drinking? In town, but you have to get a taxi. BUT WE SHOULD SPARE A THOUGHT FOR PEOPLE IN VANUATU TONIGHT ` THEY'RE RIGHT NOW BEING BATTERED BY CYCLONE PAM. POWERFUL WINDS ARE HITTING THE REGION, AND FLOODING HAS ALSO OCCURRED ON THE LOW-LYING ISLANDS OF KIRIBATI. IF YOU'RE LIVING ON A DIET OF RAW VEGGIES BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S GOOD FOR YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK. TURNS OUT YOUR BODY ABSORBS NUTRIENTS FROM SOME VEGGIES, LIKE TOMATOES, CARROTS AND MUSHROOMS, BETTER WHEN THEY ARE COOKED. COULD THIS BE THE WORLD'S SCARIEST WALK? SPAIN'S EL CAMINITO DEL REY HAS JUST REOPENED AFTER FIVE TOURISTS LOST THEIR LIVES THERE. THE 3KM WALKWAY SITS 100M ABOVE A GORGE. YOU ARE SO LOVELY, DARLING, THAT I OFTEN WONDER HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE MINE. THAT'S PART OF A LOVE LETTER WRITTEN BY A WWII VETERAN TO HIS FUTURE WIFE 70 YEARS AGO. THE LOVE NOTE WAS DISCOVERED BY A WOMAN INSIDE AN OLD RECORD AT A THRIFT SHOP. THE VETERAN WAS THRILLED TO GET THE LETTER BACK, AS HIS WIFE DIED IN 2010. It was enduring love. In the future will be text. SO AS WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MOST OF THE WEEK, PAM IS ON HER WAY. PARTS OF THE COUNTRY MAY WELL GET AT LEAST SOME OF HER IMPACT IN THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND. SO GIVEN THAT, THE LAST PLACE MOST OF US WILL BE IS THE BEACH. UM, WRONG. SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST SURFERS WILL TAKE TO THE WATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE OUT THE FIRST EVER 'ULTIMATE WATERMAN' TITLE. AND THERE'S ONE PARTICULAR KIWI HOPING TO DO US PROUD. MATT CHISHOLM WENT TO MEET HIM. THE BLACK SEEDS' 'SO TRUE' EATING SAND IS THE FIRST SURFING MEMORY. # OH YEAH. WHEN MY BROTHERS SURFED, I WAS SPLASHING IN THE SHALLOWS. LITTLE DANIEL KEREOPA WAS BORN TO SURF. I COULDN'T EVEN CARRY MY LUNCH TO THE BEACH. I HAD TO STICK IT ON MY DOG. HE'D CARRY IT FOR ME. # SOMETHING SO TRUE... FAST-FORWARD 30 YEARS, AND THE RAGLAN WATER RAT IS WITHOUT DOUBT OUR BEST ALL-ROUND WATERMAN. # ...GET THE BEST OF ME. # RAGLAN ` YOU'RE THE BOSS HERE? UH,... (LAUGHS) AM I THE BOSS? HE IS, ALL RIGHT. THE 37-YEAR-OLD BOOGIES ON A BOARD BETTER THAN THE REST OF US DANCE IN A NIGHT CLUB. TECHNO MUSIC IT WAS DEFINITELY A GIFT THAT I GOT GIVEN FROM MY PARENTS AND FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND COME SATURDAY, THE MAN THEY CALL DK WILL BE DANCING UP A STORM. THE BEST SURFERS, BEST PADDLERS ARE COMING DOWN TO NZ TO COMPETE IN THE ULTIMATE WATERMAN, AND I'M ONE OF THEM. AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, 'WOW, IT'S REALLY HAPPENING. 'YOU KNOW, SURFING NZ, EVERYBODY PULLED IT OFF, AND I'M IN IT.' HERE COMES A WAVE. IT'S A WORLD FIRST ` THE ULTIMATE WATERMAN ` A COMPETITION RIGHT HERE IN GOD'S OWN TO FIND THE SONNY-BILL OF THE SEA,... WE WANT TO FIND THE ULTIMATE WATERMAN. WE WANT TO FIND THE ALL-ROUND BEST SURFER AROUND THE GLOBE. # GOTTA SLOW UP, GOTTA SHAKE THIS HIGH. # ...A WEEK-LONG INVITATION-ONLY EVENT WITH EIGHT BOARD-RIDING PIONEERING LEGENDS,... LAIRD HAMILTON IS THE ULTIMATE WATERMAN AND TITUS KINIMAKA IS WHAT I CALL HAWAIIAN ROYALTY. ...ALL GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD IN WAKA AMA, SHORT BOARD, LONG BOARD, STAND-UP PADDLE AND TOW-IN SURFING. SO ARE YOU FEELING A BIT OF PRESSURE? NO PRESSURE AT ALL. THE ONLY PRESSURE I HAVE IS DOING THIS INTERVIEW. BOTH LAUGH SURFING NZ CEO GREG TOWNSEND HAS BEEN PLANNING THIS EVENT FOR FOUR YEARS. I HOPE THE SURF PLAYS ITS PART. THE SURF, TOUCH WOOD, IS LOOKING QUITE GOOD AT THIS STAGE. WE'VE GOT A BIG CYCLONE ON ITS WAY. I'VE GOT TO SAY YOU GUYS MUST BE THE ONLY GUYS I KNOW WHO RUB THEIR HANDS TOGETHER WHEN A CYCLONE'S ON THE WAY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL BE DIVING FOR COVER, BUT WE'RE WELCOMING IT. YEP, THE BOARD-RIDING BOYS WILL CHASE THE BIG WAVES RIGHT AROUND THIS STUNNING LITTLE COUNTRY. I HAVE TO PUT ON THE BRAVEST FACE WHEN THE BIG SURF COMES AND WHEN THE RACE STARTS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA HURT MY BODY MORE THAN MY EGO. WHILE IT MIGHT HURT DK, THE DOMESTIC TRAVEL'S A WIN FOR THE EVENT, WITH ITS EXTENSIVE COVERAGE THROUGH THE ATHLETES, GO PRO AND RED BULL TV. OUR AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW IS 65 MILLION. WE THEN BRING IN TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS OF RED BULL ` OUR AUDIENCE IS 1.5 BILLION. IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING THEY'VE PULLED IN $500,000 OF FUNDING FROM AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN AD FOR TOURISM NZ, ISN'T IT? YES, A BIG PART OF IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TAKE AUCKLAND, NZ TO THE WORLD. A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, DO YOU THINK? ABSOLUTELY. LOOK, YOU GET TO SEE MY HAPPY FACE. BOTH LAUGH HAPPY FACE AND HAPPY FEET GOING TO WORK, BUT RAGLAN'S FAVOURITE SON, WHO RECKONS HE'S BEEN BUILDING UP TO A MULTI-DISCIPLINE EVENT LIKE THIS FOR SIX YEARS, IS UP AGAINST IT BEFORE HE EVEN STARTS. I'D IMAGINE THE OTHER GUYS ARE PAID-UP PROFESSIONALS. ARE YOU? WE COULD SAY THIS IS 'BRO AGAINST THE PRO' SORT OF THING GOING ON, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M HAPPY AT WHERE I'M AT. REMIX OF LOU REED'S 'WALK ON THE WILD SIDE' YOU CAN WIN IT? YES, I CAN. I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE. I THINK I CAN, I KNOW I CAN, BUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S A WEEK-LONG JOURNEY OF HAMMERING THROUGH WAVES, BIG SURF, 20KM PADDLES. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. BUT THEN EVEN WHEN DK WAS A WEE KID, HE KNEW NOTHING WORTHWHILE IS. THERE'S NO WAY IN THIS WORLD THAT I THOUGHT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE DREAM FOR MYSELF, AND I THINK WHAT'S SO GREAT IS I HOLD ON TO THOSE MOMENTS. I SHARE THOSE MOMENTS WITH OTHER KIDS, AND I TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, DREAMS COME TRUE IF YOU HAVE THE FAITH AND BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO WHATEVER HAPPENS, WIN OR LOSE, YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY THIS WEEK? WIN OR LOSE. I'M GOING TO BE A WINNER. BOTH LAUGH 'WALK ON THE WILD SIDE' CONTINUES That's not a bad way of looking at it. Laird Hamilton is coming up for this event. He invented toes skiing. He invented paddle boarding. A hydro-surfboard catches a wave and goes up in the air and is smooth. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` BEFORE, MAINLY THE DRINKING WAS IN BARS AND TAVERNS. IT WAS MAINLY ALL-MALE ENVIRONMENTS. WELL, A NEW KIND OF WATERING HOLE IS ON THE RISE. BUT IS IT A GOOD THING? FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS JUST TOO ATTRACTIVE TO BUY THE ALCOHOL, TAKE AWAY AND THEN CREATE THEIR OWN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. PROBABLY MORE SCARED OF US THAN WE ARE OF THEM. IT'S THOSE AWFUL ONES FROM AUSTRALIA. IT'S TRUE ` THE AUSSIES HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR. BUT COULD WE BE BLAMING THEM UNNECESSARILY? YEAH, BECAUSE THEY ARE POISONOUS. YES. NO. IT'S NO SECRET WE LOVE A DRINK. WE SPEND AN ESTIMATED $85M A WEEK BOOZING ` THAT'S $4B TO $5B A YEAR. BUT WHERE WE ARE HAVING OUR BEERS IS CHANGING. I had an alcohol free last night. I was miserable. I'm not going to have one of those tonight. It's a difficult life. YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE PROBABLY DOING IT TOO. HADYN JONES WENT TO INVESTIGATE THE NEW LOCAL, RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP. THEY ARRIVE BY CAR AND USUALLY LEAVE BY FOOT. THEIR LOCATION IS SECRET. SECURITY IS TIGHT. WELL, TIGHT-ISH. IT'S A MAN CAVE, OF COURSE, AND THEY'RE POPPING UP IN SUBURBS ALL OVER NZ. THIS ONE'S CALLED THE SHADY SHEEP BAR. IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF NICK, BROCK AND SCOTT. SCOTT'S WRESTLING WITH THE BREW RIGHT NOW. OH, THERE'S GONNA BE A MOUNTAIN OF HEAD, ISN'T THERE? IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED ` A LOADING ZONE, AN UNLOADING ZONE. MALTY OVERTONES. (LAUGHS) GO DOWN ALL RIGHT? YEAH, NO, IT'S TASTY. YEAH, IT'S GOOD. THESE ARE YOUR AVERAGE EVERYDAY MODERN KIWI DRINKERS. YOU'LL FIND THEM IN QUIET SUBURBS ALL AROUND NZ. DID YOU KNOW WE'RE DRINKING MORE AT HOME THAN EVER BEFORE? 75% OF ALL LIQUOR IS DRUNK AT YOUR PLACE OR YOUR MATE'S PLACE. ONCE UPON A TIME, THAT FIGURE WAS MORE LIKE 50%. MASSEY UNIVERSITY'S DR SALLY CASSWELL LEADS A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LOOKING AT WHAT WE DRINK AND WHERE WE DRINK IT. BEFORE, MAINLY THE DRINKING WAS IN BARS AND TAVERNS ` IT WAS MAINLY ALL-MALE ENVIRONMENTS, AND NOW WE'VE SEEN A BIG SHIFT. IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE WHY. THIS BOTTLE COSTS FOUR TIMES AS MUCH IN A TAVERN AS IT DOES AT HOME. AND NEW DRINK DRIVING LAWS MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT TO STAY AT HOME. BUT MORE DRINKING AT HOME MEANS MORE BOTTLE SHOPS. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS JUST TOO ATTRACTIVE TO BUY THE ALCOHOL TAKEAWAY AND THEN CREATE THEIR OWN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT. DR CASSWELL SAYS PEOPLE DRINK SLIGHTLY MORE AT HOME THAN AT THE PUB. THE REAL PROBLEM, SHE SAYS, IS PRICE. OUR BOOZE IS TOO CHEAP AND TOO AVAILABLE. I THINK NZ'S GOT A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER DRINKING CULTURE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PRICE ISSUE IS A REALLY BIG ONE. DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE NOW 14,000 LIQUOR STORES IN NZ? THAT'S TWICE AS MANY AS THERE WAS IN 1989 ` THAT'S ACCORDING TO AN ALCOHOL WATCHDOG. SOMETHING ELSE YOU MAY WANNA KNOW ` ACCORDING TO MASSEY UNIVERSITY, YOUR AVERAGE NZER LIVES WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF A LIQUOR STORE, EVERY ONE OF US, ON AVERAGE. MEN STILL DRINK THE MOST ` THEY CONSUME TWO-THIRDS OF ALL ALCOHOL. WE GO TO A LICENSED PREMISES ONCE EVERY 22 DAYS, WHILE WE DRINK AT HOME EVERY SECOND OR THIRD DAY. OOH, NICELY DONE. OUR DRINKING AT HOME HAS GOT MORE SOPHISTICATED. THE SHADY SHEEP BAR ONCE MADE THE FRONT OF THE LOCAL PAPER ` ALL BECAUSE AN ILL-INFORMED LICENCING OFFICIAL THOUGHT THEY WERE RUNNING AN ILLEGAL BAR. THEY WEREN'T. IT WAS ALL A STORM IN A TEACUP. THAT GUY GOT FED THE WRONG INFORMATION ABOUT US. THESE BOYS HAVE CREATED A PLACE TO HANG OUT, HAVE A COUPLE OF BEERS AT THE RIGHT PRICE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE ` NO HASSLE. THEY ARE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF OUR DRINKING CULTURE. IT'S FUN DOWN HERE, EH. NO, WE ONLY HAVE PEOPLE WE WANT TURN UP, THERE'S NO DRAMA. IT CAN BE VERY MUCH THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD IF YOU GO TO TOWN. I was ahead of trend. I have no friends. Is It a man cave? I don't eliminate. If everyone stays home, how will anyone get their beer goggles on? Is that where you met your significant other? I know people who have. Lindsay Lohan may have the answer. She's adjusting slightly. If you look at the wonky door, her thighs are skinnier. It's an app that she's used. The war wobbles and that's not a original photo. She's put into the app. It's available to all of us. This is an old photo of me. What can I do with this? Maybe I could look like this. My waste is thinner. I've slimmed my hips. I've given myself a Kim Kardashian waist. I try to do the boobs but it was obvious. You go on your Tinder date, and they go... that's so romantic. COMING UP ON SEVEN SHARP ` # HEY NOW, HEY NOW, DON'T DREAM IT OVER... # EVERY ONE OF US KNOWS THIS SONG, SO WHICH FAMILIAR VOICE IS NOW PUTTING THEIR SPIN ON IT? I PUT A CROWDED HOUSE RECORD ON, AND I WAS THINKING, 'WOW, THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING SONG. 'IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD FIGURE OUT SOME WAY HOW TO DO THAT.' OH. OH, NO, NO. THEY'RE BAD ONES. YEAH, YEAH, SQUASH THEM. TURNS OUT THIS GUY MIGHT BE BEING A LITTLE TOO DRAMATIC ABOUT SPIDERS. REALLY? I COULD BELIEVE THAT. (LAUGHS) The Auckland Council, congratulations. This is the council who have offices in every small centre in the globe. The accounts department has been spending thousands of dollars for the department. It's all core council business (!) SHE'S WON FIVE GRAMMYS, SHE'S TOURED THE WORLD A DOZEN TIMES OVER AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN JAZZ MUSICIANS OF THE PAST TWO DECADES. DIANA KRALL'S BACK. AND FROM HER BASE IN NEW YORK CITY, HER NEW ALBUM HAS A TASTE OF NZ. HERE'S JACK TAME. # HEY, NOW. HEY, NOW. # DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER. YOU KNOW THE SONG; YOU KNOW THE VOICE. # WHEN THE WORLD COMES IN... YOU'VE PROBABLY JUST NEVER HEARD THEM TOGETHER. BUT CANADIAN CROONER DIANA KRALL IS PLAYING ONE OF HER FAVOURITE SONGS. # MY POSSESSIONS ARE CAUSING ME SUSPICION, BUT THERE'S NO PROOF. I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT THAT RECORD, AND IT WAS SO GREAT. I WAS A STUDENT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL TIME, LISTENING TO BRYAN ADAMS' 'CUTS LIKE A KNIFE', THEN I LISTENED TO A 'CROWDED HOUSE' RECORD, AND I'M THINKING, 'WOW, THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING SONG. 'IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD FIGURE OUT SOME WAY HOW TO DO THAT.' AFTER A CAREER SEDUCING AUDIENCES WITH SULTRY JAZZ, DIANA KRALL'S NEW ALBUM EXTENDS BEYOND THE GENRE. # WALLFLOWER, WALLFLOWER, # WON'T YOU DANCE WITH ME? # 'WALLFLOWER' HAS COVERS OF DYLAN, THE EAGLES, ELTON JOHN... # SORRY SEEMS TO BE # THE HARDEST WORD. # SO, THESE ARE ALL SONGS THAT MEAN A LOT TO ME. THE WHOLE THING IS JUST, LIKE, REALLY SIMPLE ` PICKING SONGS YOU LOVE. WHAT'S NOT SIMPLE IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THEM SO THAT IT'S NOT` YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST BILL MURRAY SINGING 'STAR WARS', YOU KNOW? # PICTURE THE SAME SWEET LOVE NEST. # DIANA KRALL WORKS HARD. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, ELVIS COSTELLO, ARE RAISING TWINS IN NEW YORK. SHE TOURS MERCILESSLY. LAST YEAR IT WAS TOO MUCH. KRALL CAUGHT PNEUMONIA, AND, ACTUALLY, 2015 HASN'T HAD THE GREATEST START. IT IS NEW YORK IN WINTER, AND MY KIDS JUST GOT OVER` MY TWIN BOYS ARE 8 YEARS OLD, AND THEY JUST GOT OVER A COLD, AND, OF COURSE, I GOT IT TWO DAYS AGO, SO I WAS DOING GREAT. # STOPPED IN TO A CHURCH. # STILL, A HEAD COLD IS SMALL CHANGE COMPARED WITH HER LAST TRIP TO NZ. I WENT HORSERIDING WITH TWO ENDURANCE RIDERS. ONE WOMAN HAD A BROKEN LEG, AND THE OTHER WOMAN CAME WITH A CIGARETTE, AND I WAS, LIKE` ALL I HEARD WAS... (WHISTLES) YOU KNOW, IT'S, LIKE, 'OH GOD,' SO I GOT ON THE HORSE. I'M, LIKE, 'I'M COOL. I'M GOOD. I'M READY TO GO. LET'S GO.' I MADE IT AS FAR AS THE BLACK-SAND BEACHES WHERE THE GOATS LOOKED AT ME OVER THE BRIDGE, GOING, 'YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE <BLEEP> YOU'RE DOING.' I'M, LIKE, 'I KNOW. PLEASE LET ME JUST SURVIVE THIS RIDE 'AND LET ME JUST KEEP SOME KIND OF PRIDE.' AND SHE HOPES THE NEXT TIME SHE'S DOWN UNDER IT'LL BE TO PERFORM A KIWI CLASSIC. # DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER. # HEY, NOW. HEY, NOW. # It's a shame if you're about to do a tour, and you get sick kids. Neil Diamond's wife couldn't tour because it's against the contract. They are making all that up. Bob Dylan has a it's a CD out and it's worth getting. SPIDERS ` LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM? NOT A BIG FAN, TO BE HONEST, AND I THINK THAT'S PRETTY UNDERSTANDABLE, GIVEN THEY CAN BE DEADLY. WELL, ARE THEY REALLY THAT DEADLY? OH. OH, NO, NO. THEY'RE BAD ONES, YEAH. SQUASH THEM. YES, WE SHOULD. YES. NO. YES. WHITE-TAIL SPIDERS? THOSE AWFUL ONES FROM AUSTRALIA? YEAH, THAT'S NOT VERY GOOD. PROBABLY MORE SCARED OF US THAN WE ARE OF THEM. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY ARE POISONOUS. WELL, HERE'S A FACT THAT SHOULD ALLAY YOUR FEARS ` OH, WONDERFUL! BOTH LAUGH REALLY? WHAT A WASTE OF CHAMPAGNE. OH, OK. (LAUGHS) INTERESTING. I DON'T OPEN THEM. I JUST DRINK IT. DEPENDS ON WHAT BAR YOU GO TO. I COULD BELIEVE THAT. (LAUGHS) THAT SOUNDS FUN. I THINK I'D WANT TO GO OUT THAT WAY. WHAT DO YOU RECKON, LACHIE? SPIDER OR CHAMPAGNE CORK? CHAMPAGNE CORK. YEAH, YEAH. Way to go, mum. If you are going to read a headline about someone going, but champagne cork. Not on alcohol free night. FANS OF AUTHOR TERRY PRATCHETT'S WORK WOULD NO DOUBT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS HE DIED TODAY, AND AT 66, MUCH TOO YOUNG. HAVING WRITTEN 50 BOOKS AND SELLING 80 MILLION COPIES IN 38 LANGUAGES, HE PACKED A LOT INTO THOSE YEARS. AND AT THE END HE CAMPAIGNED FOR THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE HOW HE DIED, AFTER LEARNING HE HAD ALZHEIMER'S, BUT ULTIMATELY, DIED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ALZHEIMER'S IS DEVASTATING, BUT PARTICULARLY SO WHEN SOMEONE WITH SUCH A BRILLIANT MIND HAS TO FACE THE PROSPECT OF IT FAILING HIM. A TRUE WORDSMITH, YOU'LL FIND HIS QUOTES ALL OVER THE INTERNET, BUT THIS ONE SEEMS FITTING TONIGHT ` 'IT IS SAID THAT YOUR LIFE FLASHES BEFORE YOUR EYES 'JUST BEFORE YOU DIE. 'THAT IS TRUE ` IT'S CALLED LIVING.' SO IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT, PEOPLE ` GO OUT AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT. I WANT TO WISH A FEW PEOPLE A PLEASANT WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A TOUGH WEEK. I WANT TO WISH JOHN KIRWAN A VICTORY TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S ALL BEEN A BIT UNNECESSARY THIS WEEK. CAN WE JUST PUT THE KNIVES AWAY FOR NOW AND SHOW A LITTLE PATIENCE? IF HE BELIEVES, WHY SHOULDN'T WE? I WANT TO WISH DEAN BARKER A PLEASANT WEEKEND ` IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE ENDED THE WAY IT DID THIS WEEK. BUT THE TRICK IN LIFE IS IF YOU'RE GOOD AND YOU BACK YOURSELF, THERE IS ALWAYS NEW OPPORTUNITY WAITING AROUND THE CORNER. AND I WANT TO WISH JOHN LENIHAN AND HIS WIFE, JANE GREENSMITH, A PLEASANT WEEKEND, BECAUSE ALL THEY DID THIS WEEK WAS STICK TO THE LAW AND DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THEIR TREE, AND YET THEY GOT HIJACKED, THEY GOT THRUST INTO A SPOTLIGHT THEY NEVER DESERVED, AND THEY GOT DEATH THREATS TO BOOT. SO TO THEM AND YOU, MAY THE WEEKEND WORK ITS MAGIC, AND WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY. CAPTIONS BY FAITH HAMBLYN AND PIPPA JEFFERIES. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2015