TONIGHT ` THE THREAT OF MORE STRIKE ACTION LOOMS, WITH PRIMARY TEACHERS REJECTING A NEW PAY DEAL. PLUS, AMERICAN ENTERTAINER BILL COSBY IS BRANDED A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR AS HE'S SENT TO JAIL. AND HOW THE U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, UNWITTINGLY BECAME THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE UNITED NATIONS. CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE REJECTED A REVISED PAY OFFER, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE REJECTED A REVISED PAY OFFER, RAISING THE THREAT OF STRIKE ACTION THAT COULD AFFECT HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HERE'S MEI HERON WITH DEVELOPMENTS. IT WAS JUST LAST MONTH TEACHERS LEFT CLASSROOMS EMPTY AND TOOK TO THE STREET, THEIR FIRST STRIKE IN 24 YEARS. NOW IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THAT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT'S CERTAINLY THERE BEING DISCUSSED. THE UNION NOT REVEALING HOW MANY VOTED AGAINST THE OFFER OTHER THAN TO SAY IT WAS OVERWHELMING; THE GOVERNMENT, THOUGH NOT HAPPY. IT'S REALLY DISAPPOINTING. I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION, BECAUSE IT'S DISAPPOINTING, BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD. THE $600M OFFER IS THE SECOND TO BE REJECTED AND INCLUDED A 9% PAY RISE OVER THREE YEARS, BUT THERE WERE NO OPTIONS TO REDUCE CLASS SIZES AND NO SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR DEALING WITH CHILDREN WITH HIGH NEEDS ` NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR TEACHERS. THEY WANT THE TIME TO TEACH, AND OUR PRINCIPALS WANT THE TIME TO LEAD. THOSE WORK-LOAD ISSUES ARE REALLY GETTING IN THE WAY. I AM SLIGHTLY SURPRISED. I MEAN, THIS OFFER IS A LARGER OFFER THAN ALL THREE OFFERS PUT TOGETHER THAT WERE ACCEPTED BY THE NZEI UNDER THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT. TEACHERS WILL VOTE EARLY NEXT TERM IF ANOTHER STRIKE SHOULD HAPPEN AFTER A UNION CONFERENCE THIS WEEKEND. IT'S PRETTY REASONABLE TO UNDERSTAND TEACHERS' POSITION, THIS IS A CRISIS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND IF WHAT THE UNION CALLS A CRISIS ISN'T SORTED SOON, THERE COULD BE MORE SCENES LIKE THIS. MEI HERON, 1 NEWS. A GROWING NUMBER OF PATIENTS ARE REPORTING LIFE-THREATENING SIDE-EFFECTS OVER AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT MEDICATION. AND IT'S PROMPTED ONE DOCTOR TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE HARM IT'S CAUSING HER PATIENTS. NICOLE BREMNER REPORTS. IN THIS SMALL BAY OF PLENTY TOWN, ONE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED GP IS GRAPPLING WITH A BIG PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THAT HAD GAMBLING ADDICTIONS RETURN TO GAMBLING AND LOSE THEIR JOBS; I'VE SEEN MARRIAGES BREAK DOWN. IT'S PATIENT BEHAVIOUR DR CHRISTINE WILLIAMS SAYS IS ALL LINKED TO THIS GENERIC ANTIDEPRESSANT, ENLAFAX, WHICH PHARMAC BEGAN FUNDING A YEAR AGO. WITH THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF PATIENTS, I DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE... RESPONDING TO IT, NOT ONE. THE SYMPTOMS OF 12 PATIENTS SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPERIENCED HUNDREDS OF KILOMETRES AWAY IN MARLBOROUGH. WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF STARTING ENLAFAX, I WAS HAVING NIGHTMARES AND FEELING DEPRESSED, THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM AND... SUICIDE. MEDSAFE IS STANDING BY ITS DECISION TO APPROVE THE DRUG WHICH SAW EFEXOR-XR REPLACED WITH THE CHEAPER GENERIC BRAND ENLAFAX. IT SAYS THE BRAND SWITCH COMPLIES WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE AND THAT TESTS SHOW ENLAFAX HAS THE SAME BENEFITS AND RISKS AS EFFEXOR. THEY DON'T SWITCH TO A GENERIC WITHOUT ADEQUATE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION. DR WHITE SAYS SHE'S SEEN NO PROBLEMS AT HER BUSY CITY PRACTICE. BUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT ENLAFAX ARE PILING UP. THE AGENCY MONITORING ADVERSE REACTIONS TO DRUGS HAS NOW RECEIVED MORE THAN 240 COMPLAINTS, MANY IDENTIFYING SIDE EFFECTS LIKE SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND SEVERE DEPRESSION. AND A FACEBOOK PAGE SET UP BY PATIENTS WITH ADVERSE REACTIONS CLAIMS TO HAVE LOGGED 450 NEGATIVE RESPONSES TO ENLAFAX ` EXPERIENCES LIKE AMY'S, WHO SAYS HER GP WANTED TO INCREASE HER DOSE WHEN SHE BECAME UNWELL, THE MUM OF TWO ONLY LEARNING ABOUT NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS IN A 1 NEWS REPORT THREE WEEKS AGO. I'M NOT SURE IF I WOULD BE HERE RIGHT NOW IF I HAD'VE WAITED AND STAYED ON IT. I'M SURE IT'S THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AND WITH THE PROSPECT OF MORE VULNERABLE LIVES UNRAVELLING, CHRISTINE WILLIAMS SAYS IT'S VITAL THE PREVIOUS BRAND, EFEXOR, REMAINS AVAILABLE. NICOLE BREMNER, 1 NEWS. FOR DECADES, HE WAS REVERED IN HOLLYWOOD AND ADORED BY FANS, BUT TONIGHT AMERICA'S DAD IS BEHIND BARS. BILL COSBY HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO THREE TO 10 YEARS' JAIL FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT. MORE THAN A DOZEN OF HIS ACCUSERS WERE WATCHING IN COURT AS HE WAS FINALLY BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. LIZZIE PEARL OF CHANNEL NINE HAS MORE. HE PLAYED A DOCTOR AND A MUCH-LOVED DAD, BUT HIS FINAL TV ROLE IS ONE OF CONVICTED CRIMINAL, THE ONE-TIME SUPERSTAR TAKEN OFF TO PRISON IN HANDCUFFS, BRANDED BY THE COURT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR. HE USED HIS ACTING SKILLS AND AN ENDEARING TV PERSONALITY TO WIN OVER HIS VICTIMS AND THEN KEEP THEM SILENT ABOUT WHAT HE DID TO THEM. SO NOW FINALLY, BILL COSBY HAS BEEN UNMASKED. MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN WHO CLAIM HE DRUGGED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THEM WERE THERE TO SEE THE LAST ACT IN THE 81-YEAR-OLD'S LONG CAREER. I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU SUFFER NOW. I CANNOT FORGIVE (SNIFFLES) RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO FEEL IN EVERY MOMENT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WHAT THE 63 OF US... WOMEN FELT. BILL COSBY, ONCE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEN IN TELEVISION, HAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. THROUGHOUT TWO TRIALS AND ONE CONVICTION, HE'S REMAINED FIRM ON HIS ACTIONS 14 YEARS AGO AND SHOWN NO REMORSE. AFTER HE LANDED IN PRISON, TONIGHT CAME THE MUGSHOT AND THIS FROM COSBY'S PR REP. MR COSBY KNOWS THAT GOD IS WATCHIN' OVER HIM. HE KNOWS THAT THESE ARE LIES. THEY PERSECUTED JESUS, AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. HIS WIFE OF MORE THAN 50 YEARS, CAMILLE, STAYED AWAY FROM THE COURT BUT IN A STATEMENT SAID,... THE STORIES FROM ANDREA CONSTAND, THE VICTIM IN THIS TRIAL, AND THE MORE THAN 60 OTHER WOMEN WERE CONVINCING AND REMARKABLY SIMILAR. COSBY WOULD OFFER TO HELP WITH THEIR ACTING CAREERS. IT WOULD ALMOST ALWAYS END UP AS JUST THE TWO OF THEM. THEN THE DRINKS WOULD COME OUT. LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THE DRINKS WERE LACED, AND SOON THEY'D BE UNCONSCIOUS. LILI BERNARD WAS HIS CO-STAR AND HIS VICTIM. REACH EIGHT MINUTES APART ` THAT'S WHEN YOU CALL ME. NOW, WHAT DID I JUST SAY? CALL YOU EVERY EIGHT MINUTES. AND WHILE WORKING ON THIS VERY EPISODE IN 1992, SHE SAYS HE DRUGGED, THEN RAPED HER. THEN CAME HIS THREATS TO KEEP QUIET. HE TOLD ME I BETTER WATCH MY BACK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TOLD HIM I WOULD REPORT HIM TO THE POLICE, SO NOW HE'S GOTTA WATCH HIS BACK. COSBY HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION ` A NATIONAL TREASURE. NOW HE'S A NATIONAL DISGRACE, THE FIRST PERSON SENT TO JAIL IN THIS 'ME TOO' ERA. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IS REJECTING CLAIMS HE CONTACTED THE TOP COP AT THE CENTRE OF A GOVERNMENT INQUIRY. THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS RELATING TO DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER WALLY HAUMAHA IS THE FOCUS OF AN INQUIRY. NATIONAL'S POLICE SPOKESPERSON CHRIS BISHOP CLAIMED IN PARLIAMENT THAT MR PETERS HAD CONTACTED MR HAUMAHA. BUT, WINSTON PETERS SAYS MR BISHOP'S CLAIM IS BASELESS NONSENSE. HE SAYS HE HAS NOT CALLED OR PROVIDED ANY ASSURANCES TO MR HAUMAHA SINCE THE CONTROVERSY. DONALD TRUMP ISN'T USUALLY KNOWN FOR HIS COMEDY, BUT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S BOASTS HAVE SPARKED GASPS AND GIGGLES AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK. BUT OUR PRIME MINISTER WASN'T AMONG THOSE LAUGHING AT THE SPEECH. WITH MORE HERE'S OUR U.S. CORRESPONDENT REBECCA WRIGHT. JACINDA ARDERN ARRIVING INTO THE UNITED NATIONS AND TAKING HER PLACE AMONG WORLD LEADERS FOR THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THE MAIN ACT, THOUGH, RUNNING LATE ` PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING AFTER HE WAS SCHEDULED TO START SPEAKING AND GETTING AN EXTRAORDINARY REACTION FROM WORLD LEADERS, WHO LAUGHED WHEN HE BEGAN HIS SPEECH BY BOASTING... IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, MY ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOMPLISHED ALMOST MORE THAN ALMOST ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. (LAUGHTER) SO TRUE. (LAUGHTER) I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT REACTION, BUT THAT'S OK. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) A HIGHLY UNUSUAL MOMENT FOR AN INSTITUTION STEEPED IN PROTOCOL AND FORMALITY; HIS SPEECH, THOUGH, OTHERWISE FAIRLY PREDICTABLE. THE PRESIDENT AGAIN PROMOTING UNILATERALISM, SOVEREIGNTY AND HIS AMERICA FIRST FOREIGN POLICY. AMERICA IS GOVERNED BY AMERICANS. WE REJECT THE IDEOLOGY OF GLOBALISM, AND WE EMBRACE THE DOCTRINE OF PATRIOTISM. AND TOUTING SUCCESS ON NORTH KOREA, WHICH LAST YEAR HERE HE THREATENED TO TOTALLY DESTROY,... I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN KIM FOR HIS COURAGE AND FOR THE STEPS HE HAS TAKEN. ...TRUMP INSTEAD BLASTING IRAN FOR SOWING CHAOS, DEATH, DESTRUCTION. HE'S PROMISING FURTHER SANCTIONS ON TEHRAN, BUT FINDING LITTLE SUPPORT AMONG AMERICA'S ALLIES, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND. (SPEAKS FARSI) IRAN'S PRESIDENT RESPONDING IT'S UP TO THE US TO RETURN TO NEGOTIATIONS AND ACCUSING TRUMP OF HAVING THE DISPOSITION OF A NAZI. JACINDA ARDERN'S BRIEF MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT GOING WELL BY COMPARISON. TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS PLAYED AROUND THE KOREAN PENINSULA, BUT ALSO TO FLAG THAT OUR OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUE OF THE STEEL AND ALUMINIUM TARIFFS. IN THE U.S. MANY SEE ARDERN AS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE PRESIDENT, A PROGRESSIVE BEACON. AND SHE WAS ASKED DIRECTLY ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENCES, SITTING DOWN WITH CNN'S CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR IN AN INTERVIEW. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES? WELL, WE CAN EITHER RESPOND BY FEEDING SOME OF THAT FEAR, EXACERBATING THAT FEAR OR ACTUALLY SAYING WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER CELEBRITY APPEARANCE, ARDERN MEETING WITH UN AMBASSADOR ANNE HATHAWAY LATE TODAY, AT THE ACTRESS' REQUEST, HER STAR CONTINUING TO SHINE BRIGHTLY HERE IN MANHATTAN. JACINDA ARDERN'S NEW YORK DIARY INCLUDES A GUEST APPEARANCE ON A LATE-NIGHT U.S. TALK SHOW TOMORROW, BUT BEFORE THE PRIME MINISTER'S DEBUT, A FAMOUS NZ DUO HAS WARMED UP STEPHEN COLBERT'S COUCH FOR HER. YVONNE TAHANA HAS THE BEST BITS. PLEASE WELCOME... 'OHHH, YEAH, IT'S BUSINESS TIME AGAIN' FOR THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, APPEARING ON LATE NIGHT U.S. TELLY. HOST STEPHEN COLBERT WONDERED WHERE THE FOLK COMEDY DUO HAD BEEN FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS. UM,... (LAUGHTER) ...WE'VE JUST BEEN GETTING READY FOR TONIGHT. YEAH. OH. (LAUGHTER) THEY'VE BEEN BUSY, THOUGH ` BRETT MCKENZIE'S WON AN OSCAR. (APPLAUSE) JEMAINE CLEMENT'S BEEN MAKING MOVIES. VLADISLAV IS A BIT OF A PERVERT. THIS IS MY TORTURE CHAMBER. THEY'VE ALSO BOTH HAD KIDS,... WE'VE HAD SOME CHILDREN ` NOT TOGETHER; WITH SEPARATE... (LAUGHTER) WHATEVER. YEAH, NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. 100% COOL. WELL, IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE. THE DOCTORS TOLD US. ...WHICH WAS SWEET. SO WAS THE BEGINNING OF ONE OF THEIR NEW SONGS, 'FATHER AND SON'. (BOTH PLAY GENTLE MUSIC) # HEY, DAD. # YES, SON. # I THOUGHT TODAY WAS A LOT OF FUN. BUT YOU KNEW SOMETHING SALTY WAS COMING. # YOU KNOW VERY WELL, DAD, MAMA DIDN'T DIE; # SHE JUST HOOKED UP WITH ANOTHER GUY. # (LAUGHTER) THEY DISCUSSED THE NATURE OF FAME IN NZ TOO. IT'S ONLY TOURISTS WHO ARE LIKE, 'OH, MY GOD, THEY'RE HERE.' YEAH, YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE LIGHTS UP WHEN THEY SEE ONE OF US, WE KNOW THEY'RE FOREIGN. YEAH. (LAUGHTER) THEY EVEN MADE A DIRECT PLEA TO THE PRIME MINISTER. HEY, JACINDA. UM... (LAUGHTER) WE'VE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU. CAN WE COME FOR DINNER? (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) ALTHOUGH THE HOST WAS HAVING A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH HER NAME. JA-KIN-DA AR-DERN ` IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? JACINDA. BOTH: JACINDA. JACINDA AR-DERN. BUT THERE'S STILL TIME TO PRACTICE. THE PM'S BOOKED ON THE SAME SHOW TOMORROW. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. A MURI AKE I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA. ART AND TAONGA TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN LONDON. GIVING MEGHAN MARKLE A HEADS UP FOR HER SOUTH PACIFIC TOUR. AND WANT SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO GO OUT IN STYLE? WE'RE AT A FUNERAL TRADE SHOW, WITH SOME BLINGING AND BRIGHT COFFINS. U.S. DESIGNER MICHAEL KORS HAS BEEN ON A $3B SHOPPING SPREE, BUYING ITALIAN LABEL VERSACE. THE MOVE IS PART OF KORS EXPANSION INTO THE HIGHER END OF THE LUXURY MARKET, WITH THE DESIGNER'S COMPANY LAST YEAR BUYING TOP SHOE BRAND JIMMY CHOO FOR $2B. BUT THE LATEST PURCHASE HASN'T GONE DOWN WELL WITH KORS INVESTORS, WITH SHARES DROPPING 8% WHEN REPORTS OF THE DEAL FIRST EMERGED. DONATELLA VERSACE WILL REMAIN AT THE CREATIVE HELM OF THE ITALIAN BRAND. THE PACIFIC HAS TAKEN PRIDE OF PLACE IN LONDON'S ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS WITH FIVE CENTURIES OF MAORI AND PASIFIKA TAONGA GOING ON DISPLAY. THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX MAKING THE OCCASION HER FIRST SOLO ROYAL OUTING. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT JOY REID WAS THERE. A HONGI AND A KISS TO WELCOME THE DUCHESS OF SUSSEX TO A SLICE OF THE PACIFIC. (ALL SING IN MAORI) MEGHAN MARKLE SOAKING UP THE OCEANIC MASTERPIECES (ALL SING IN MAORI) MEGHAN MARKLE SOAKING UP THE OCEANIC MASTERPIECES ON HER FIRST SOLO ROYAL ENGAGEMENT ` A TIMELY INTRODUCTION TO THE REGION SHE'S ABOUT TO VISIT WITH HUSBAND PRINCE HARRY. OCEANIA SHOWCASES THE PACIFIC TREASURES TO BOTH THE BRITS AND PASIFIKA ALIKE. SO, THIS IS A FIGURE THAT HAS RARELY BEEN SEEN BEFORE. SOME ARTEFACTS TAKEN OUT OF EUROPEAN MUSEUM STOREROOMS, DUSTED OFF AND ON DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT'S ONE OF ONLY TWO FROM PRE-EUROPEAN TIMES. AND TO SEE THEM ALL TOGETHER? IN A WORD... BREATHTAKING. THIS EXHIBITION ALSO MARKS 250 YEARS SINCE CAPTAIN COOK STARTED HIS JOURNEY DOWN TO THE PACIFIC AND IT INCLUDES ALL SORTS OF PIECES, LIKE THESE TWO OARS HERE, WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST EVER PIECES HE TRADED WITH MAORI IN NEW ZEALAND. ALSO ON DISPLAY, SOME OF THE FIRST GIFTS CAPTAIN COOK EVER RECEIVED FROM THE REGION, INCLUDING THIS TAHITIAN ARTEFACT, WHICH SITS ALONGSIDE WHAT'S BELIEVED TO BE NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST CARVING ` THE KAITAIA LINTEL, BROUGHT HERE ALL THE WAY FROM AUCKLAND MUSEUM. IT'S A MASSIVE MOMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND ON THE WORLD STAGE. THIS REALLY FELT LIKE RECOGNITION OF OUR ANCESTORS, OF OUR HISTORY, OF OUR STORIES, OF OUR PEOPLE, OF OUR REGION, AND FOR ME, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I HAD TO STOP MYSELF GETTING EMOTIONAL, TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST. CAPTAIN COOK'S PACIFIC ENDEAVOURS ALSO CAPTURED IN THIS CONTEMPORARY EXHIBIT, WHICH TOOK 11 YEARS AND 170 ACTORS TO CREATE. YOU SEE THE EXPLORERS CAPTAIN COOK AND JOSEPH BANKS TRADING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CREW MEMBERS, SO YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW THESE BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS CAME TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD. IT'S HOPED SOME ARTEFACTS KEPT FOR SOME TIME IN THE NORTH WILL RETURN HOME. I THINK THE QUESTION OF REPATRIATION IS A BIG ONE, AND I THINK THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'D LIKE THIS EXHIBITION TO OPEN UP. FOR NOW, THOUGH, THE NEW SITS ALONGSIDE THE NAUTICAL, THE DECORATIVE NEXT TO THE DETAILED. JOY REID, 1 NEWS, LONDON. FUNERAL IT'S A BUSINESS THAT'S ALL ABOUT DYING, BUT THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY IS NOT AS DULL AND TRADITIONAL AS IT ONCE WAS. SEVEN SHARP'S MICHAEL HOLLAND WENT ALONG TO A FUNERAL TRADE SHOW IN AUCKLAND TO FIND OUT ABOUT A PROFESSION THAT'S OVERHAULING ITS IMAGE. (CHILLED-OUT MUSIC) IT WASN'T EXACTLY HOW I'D PLANNED TO SPEND THE DAY ` TALKING DEATH WITH THOSE I PRESUMED TO BE DEADLY DULL. TALKING DEATH WITH THOSE I PRESUMED TO BE DEADLY DULL. EMPHASIS ON 'PRESUMED TO BE'. HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE YOUR ENSEMBLE? (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) NORMAL. NOTHING ELSE YOU'D RATHER DO. NOTHING. AND IF LOUD SHIRTS ARE YOUR WAY OF DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOUR EQUALLY LOUD CREATIONS,... IT'S A BIT OVER THE TOP, REALLY, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME FUN WHEN YOU GO OUT. ...THEN THAT'S JUST FINE. WHAT'S POSSIBLY OVER-THE-TOP ABOUT THAT? (LAUGHS) JUST THE GLITTER. (CHUCKLES) WHY WERE YOU HAPPY FOR US TO COME HERE TODAY? WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE NOW TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL FAREWELL THAT WORKS FOR THEM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST FITTING INTO THE OLD TRADITIONAL IMAGE OF WHAT FUNERALS ARE. SO HAVING YOU COME ALONG HERE GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT. SO WHAT IS NEW? WHAT SEPARATES US FROM THE STAID OLD VISIONS WE CONJURE? WELL, BRAD FROM WHAKATANE IS A GOOD START. YOU'RE 16. YOU NEED TO START FIGURING OUT YOU WANNA DO. AND I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY CAREERS BOOK, AND FUNERAL DIRECTING JUMPED OUT AT ME. I'M 23 NOW, AND I WAS 20 WHEN I BOUGHT MY OWN BUSINESS. IF I'M OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT, I'LL JUST ` 'WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?' ASK ME A QUESTION, AND I WILL TELL YOU, CROSS THE WAY, MAGGIE MITCHELL TELLS THE STORY OF HER ENTERPRISING HUSBAND, ANDY, WHO CONCEIVED THESE PERSONALISED PLYWOOD CASKETS WHEN HIS FATHER WAS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THEY ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH WEDGES, SO THERE'S NO GLUE, SCREWS OR TOOLS TO ASSEMBLE THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY LIKE, IS TRY TO KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE. THE COUPLE TOOK OUT INTERNATIONAL PATENTS TO PROTECT THEIR INNOVATION, ONLY FOR THE UNTHINKABLE ` UNFORTUNATELY, ANDY DIED LAST YEAR. THREE WEEKS AFTER A DEVASTATING DIAGNOSIS, ANDY (50) WAS CARRIED OUT IN ONE OF HIS OWN. HE HAD HIS RACING CAR ON ONE SIDE, BECAUSE HE LOVED RACING, AND THE BRAKES WERE GLOWING RED. IT REFLECTED THE MAN INSIDE. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEVER BE A FUNERAL DIRECTOR TILL I WAS 25. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NEVER BE A FUNERAL DIRECTOR TILL I WAS 25. PROVED THEM WRONG. PROVED THEM WRONG. PROVED THEM WRONG. I LOVE WHAT I DO. I DO. JUST AHEAD ` YOUR WEATHER FOR THURSDAY, AND WILL SMITH DIVES INTO HIS BIRTHDAY, TICKING ONE OFF HIS BUCKET LIST. AND WE'ERE WALKING ON WATER IN PARIS... (CALVIN HARRIS AND SAM SMITH'S 'PROMISES') #... THERE AIN'T NO SCIENCE HERE. # SO COME GET YOUR EVERYTHING. MOST PEOPLE CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH BIRTHDAY WITH A FAMILY DINNER OR PARTY, BUT NOT WILL SMITH. THE 'FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR' STAR MARKED THE MILESTONE BY BUNGEE JUMPING FROM A HELICOPTER IN THE GRAND CANYON. STREAMED LIVE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE, SMITH'S 300M JUMP WAS PART OF AN INITIATIVE TO RAISE MONEY TO COMBAT GLOBAL POVERTY. ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET? UH, NOT` NOT YET. (HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRR) THREE, TWO, ONE,... BUNGEE! (SCREAMING) (CLAPPING) (SCREAMS REPEATEDLY) EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE ACTOR RECALLED VISITING THE GRAND CANYON AS A CHILD BUT BEING TERRIFIED TO WALK UP TO THE EDGE. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER, WITH MUSIC FROM MIKAEL WILLS AND 'EMPIRE'. (MIKAEL WILLS' 'EMPIRE') THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH SOME FASHION HOT FROM THE PARIS CATWALK AND THE FRENCH LABEL YVES SAINT LAURENT, WITH THE MODELS LITERALLY WALKING ON WATER. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. (CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH'S 'PROMISES' FEATURING JESSIE REYEZ) CAPTIONS BY JOHN GIBBS AND SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. COPYRIGHT ABLE 2018 # ...COS WE'RE FREE TO LOVE. # SO TEASE ME. (HUMS) # I MAKE NO PROMISES. I CAN'T DO GOLDEN RINGS, # BUT I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING... # ...TONIGHT. # MAGIC IS IN THE AIR. THERE AIN'T NO SCIENCE HERE.