TONIGHT ` SWELTERING TEMPERATURES HIT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS THE BIG HEAT ARRIVES; WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN THE COMING DAYS. A DEADLY CRASH IN EAST AUCKLAND ` A MOTORIST REAR-ENDED BY A SPEEDING DRIVER IS KILLED AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. AND A GLITTERING SHOW AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS. THE BIG WINNERS FROM ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST GLAMOROUS NIGHTS. CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019 KIA ORA. GOOD EVENING. A PREDICTED HEATWAVE ARRIVED WITH A BLAST TODAY, BRINGING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-30S TO PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. NAPIER AND BLENHEIM SHARED THE TOP SPOT AT 35, REALLY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SLEEP. WEATHER ALMOST TOO HOT TO HIT THE BEACH. I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT GETTING HOTTER, THOUGH. YEAH. SCHOOL STARTING AND STUFF AS WELL. AND BLAZERS AND ALL THAT. IT'S NOT FUN. EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDING TO A TRACTOR FIRE NEAR ASHBURTON. CANTERBURY IS ALREADY UNDER AN EXTREME FIRE RISK WARNING. RT: ABOUT AN HOUR FOR THAT BOTTOM FIRE. AND RECENT SCENES LIKE THIS IN NORTHLAND PROMPTED AN ENTIRE FIRE BAN FOR THE REGION. THE SAME RESTRICTION'S IN PLACE FOR MOST OF NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH. SUNBLOCK AND WATER WERE ON TAP AT AUCKLAND'S LANEWAY MUSIC FESTIVAL FOR 13,000. YOU CAN STILL WEAR SUNBLOCK AND GET TANNED, YOU KNOW. WE'RE LUCKY, COS IT'S NOT IN A STADIUM; IT'S NOT IN A BIG FIELD. IT KINDA TAKES A LOT OF THE BITE OUT OF IT, BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY HOT. ANOTHER MAJOR HAZARD ` WHAT THE AA CALLS 'SUMMER ICE' ` STICKY SLUDGE ON THE ROADS AS TAR SEAL TEMPERATURES TOP 50. OUR ROAD WORKERS WILL BE OUT. IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY CAN LOWER THE TEMPERATURE THROUGH HAVING A WATER CART OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, OR ALTERNATIVELY THEY MAY ROLL SOME CHIP IN THERE TO TRY AND PREVENT THE RISK OF THIS BINDING CONTINUING TO SPREAD. SO WE JUST ASK MOTORISTS TO TAKE A BIT OF EXTRA CARE. AND IT'S ALL THANKS TO AUSTRALIA. BUT LUCKILY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE 45-DEGREE TEMPERATURES. BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME REALLY WARM TEMPERATURES, WHICH WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON NEW ZEALAND. IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS, WITH FORECASTERS PREDICTING THE SIZZLING WEATHER... (BOTH LAUGH) ...WILL LAST ALL WEEK. DONNA MARIE-LEVER, 1 NEWS. IN THE NELSON REGION, NOT ONLY HAVE TEMPERATURES REACHED THE EARLY 30S; IT'S ALREADY EXPERIENCING AN EARLY DROUGHT, AND THAT'S PROMPTING AUTHORITIES FROM MARLBOROUGH TO NELSON TO TAKE ACTION. KAITLIN RUDDOCK REPORTS. PARCHED PRODUCE LINING THE WAIMEA PLAINS. THAT IS DRY. IN FACT, IT'S THE DRIEST REGION IN THE COUNTRY. PERSISTENT WINDS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES SUCKING MOISTURE FROM THE SOIL. THE SMALL LEAFY ` YOUR LETTUCES, YOUR SPINACH AND SILVERBEET ` THEY'RE STRUGGLING. THEY'RE STRUGGLING. BUT THE WAIT FOR WATER'S ONLY LENGTHENING IN TASMAN, NOW IN EARLY DROUGHT. ACROSS THE REGION WE'RE STARTING TO GET TO THE SERIOUS STAGE. ALL THE RIVERS ARE WHAT WE CALL 'BELOW MEAN ANNUAL LOW FLOW', SO THAT'S GETTING LOW. THERE'S BEEN BARELY ANY RAINFALL HERE. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE NELSON-RICHMOND AREA SAW 4MM. IT WAS ALREADY DRY BEFORE THAT, AND NIWA PREDICTS THE NEXT SEVEN TO 10 DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRY OVERALL. UP IN THE HILLS, HIKERS ADVISED TO CARRY PLENTY OF WATER, WITH TANKS RUNNING DRY ALONG LOCAL TRAILS AT A NUMBER OF HUTS AND CAMPSITES. AND TASMAN COUNCIL-OWNED FORESTS AND POPULAR NELSON TRACKS ARE NOW OFF LIMITS. THE WATER WOULD'VE BEEN AT LEAST SEVERAL METRES WIDE UP HERE, AND THAT MEANS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DEEPER BY ABOUT THIS MUCH. AS THE WATER RECEDES, THE RESTRICTIONS ARE INCREASING. PARTS OF THE REGION MAY SOON HAVE TO CUT WATER CONSUMPTION IN HALF. IT COULD BE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, AND THAT'S WHEN IT REALLY STARTS TO BITE AND HURT. YESTERDAY ON STAGE ONE, WE DIDN'T IRRIGATE. WE'D USED OUR CAPACITY. SO THIS WEEK, IT'LL BE A REAL CHALLENGE. SAVING EVERY SPARE DROP TO SURVIVE THE SEASON. KAITLIN RUDDOCK, 1 NEWS. A MOTORIST WAITING AT A RED LIGHT HAS DIED AFTER ANOTHER CAR REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE AT SPEED IN EAST AUCKLAND. POLICE SAY THE PERSON KILLED WAS IN THE THIRD CAR IN THE QUEUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOTANY RD AND TI RAKAU DR. THE DRIVER IN THE FOURTH CAR ` THAT'S WITHOUT A ROOF ` HAS BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. CORDONS ARE IN PLACE AS THE SERIOUS CRASH UNIT INVESTIGATES. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS HAVE FORCED FISHING VESSELS TO ABANDON THEIR SEARCH FOR TWO FISHERMEN MISSING OFF THE COAST OF BLUFF. THE MEN WERE SWEPT OFF ROCKS NEAR SLOPE POINT RD. A HELICOPTER'S BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE AN AERIAL SEARCH AND ONE ALONG THE SHORELINE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. POLICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA CONDITIONS TO DETERMINE IF VESSELS CAN BE RE-DEPLOYED. CLIMATE CHANGE AND OBESITY ARE TWO BIG PROBLEMS THAT MAY SEEM WORLDS APART, BUT THERE'S GROWING EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE TACKLED TOGETHER. A NEW ZEALAND SCIENTIST'S BEHIND A GLOBAL STUDY PUBLISHED TODAY WHICH SAYS POWERFUL COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ARE PLAYING A MAJOR PART IN MAKING US FATTER AND RUINING THE PLANET. KATE KING REPORTS. THERE'S A TWO-MONTH WAIT TO SEE DUNEDIN NUTRITIONIST DEE COPLAND, AS MORE PEOPLE SEARCH FOR HEALTHIER, SUSTAINABLE FOODS TO EAT. IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO GO TO YOUR LOCAL FARMERS' MARKETS ` THAT WAY YOU CAN TALK TO THE FARMERS AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S ON YOUR FOOD, AND WE KNOW THAT IT HASN'T TRAVELLED AS FAR AS WELL. AS A COUNTRY, WE ARE GETTING FATTER, AND OBESITY IS NOW OUR LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH. AND WE HAVE A STACK OF W.H.O. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, AND THEY ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED. THE REASON THEY ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED IS BECAUSE GOVERNMENTS ARE TOO SCARED. A SUGARY DRINKS TAX, RESTRICTIONS ON JUNK FOOD MARKETING, AND ENSURING ONLY HEALTHY FOOD IS SOLD IN SCHOOLS ALL DISMISSED IN RECENT YEARS. BUT FOOD IS INCREASINGLY BEING BLAMED FOR ANOTHER PROBLEM TOO. IT'S DRIVING 50% OF OUR GREENHOUSE GASES; IT IS CREATING THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE WITH ILL HEALTH AND PREMATURE DEATH. AND WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE POLICIES, THE REGULATIONS AND THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TAKE THE FOOD INDUSTRY. SWINBURN IS THE CO-AUTHOR OF A REPORT WHICH ARGUES THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND OBESITY NEED TO BE DEALT WITH TOGETHER. HE SAYS MASS PRODUCTION OF UNHEALTHY FOOD IS PUTTING EXTRA PRESSURE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND PROFIT-FOCUSED CORPORATIONS ARE FUELLING THE PROBLEM. THE STUDY CALLS FOR A GLOBAL TREATY TO HELP LIMIT THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF BIG FOOD COMPANIES. IT SUGGESTS THAT RESTRICTING THE MASS PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF UNHEALTHY FOODS COULD CURB EMISSIONS AND HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS. OUR GOVERNMENT AGREES THE TWO ISSUES ARE LINKED AND IS LOOKING AT THE CAUSES. THE BIG BUSINESSES WHO ARE PROFITING FROM THIS OFTEN TRY TO FRAME IT AS THOUGH GOVERNMENTS ARE TAKING AWAY INDIVIDUAL CHOICE, WHEN IN FACT PUBLIC POLICY IS ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE'S HEALTH AND CLIMATE. SWINBURN SAYS SUSTAINABLE DIETARY GUIDELINES WOULD BE A GOOD FIRST STEP, BUT IT WILL NEED TO BE A BRAVE POLITICIAN THAT TAKES IT. KATE KING, 1 NEWS. THE KIWIBUILD BOSS WHO QUIT THIS MONTH IS NOW TAKING A CASE OF CONSTRUCTIVE DISMISSAL AGAINST THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. STEPHEN BARCLAY SAYS HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM HIS ROLE LAST YEAR AFTER CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF THE MINISTRY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE, ANDREW CRISP, LAID COMPLAINTS ABOUT HIM. MR BARCLAY SAYS THEY WEREN'T INVESTIGATED FAIRLY AND THAT THE MINISTRY BREACHED HIS PRIVACY TODAY WHEN IT REVEALED THE COMPLAINTS AND SAID HIS BEHAVIOUR WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. HE CLAIMS KIWIBUILD WAS ON TRACK TO MEET ITS YEAR ONE TARGET OF BUILDING 1000 HOMES WHEN HE WAS SUSPENDED. THAT TARGET HAS NOW BEEN ABANDONED. AT LEAST 58 PEOPLE HAVE DIED WHEN A MINING DAM COLLAPSED IN BRAZIL. RESCUERS ARE WADING THROUGH SLUDGE AND DEBRIS AS THEY SEARCH FOR MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE STILL MISSING. AROUND 24,000 PEOPLE WERE BRIEFLY EVACUATED AMID FEARS A SECOND DAM COULD GIVE WAY. TWIN BOMB BLASTS AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN THE PHILIPPINES HAVE KILLED AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE. THE FIRST EXPLOSION HAPPENED DURING SUNDAY MASS, WITH A SECOND DEVICE TARGETING SOLDIERS RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK THAT ALSO LEFT DOZENS MORE INJURED. TENSION HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF JOLO, THAT HAS LONG BEEN A BASE FOR MILITANTS. PRINCE PHILIP HAS FINALLY APOLOGISED TO ONE OF THE WOMEN INJURED IN A CAR CRASH HE WAS INVOLVED IN 10 DAYS AGO NEAR THE QUEEN'S SANDRINGHAM ESTATE. IT COMES AFTER EMMA FAIRWEATHER PUBLICLY CRITICISED THE 97-YEAR-OLD FOR HIS LACK OF RESPONSE TO THE ACCIDENT, IN WHICH SHE BROKE HER WRIST. SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE OTHER CAR. SHE'S NOW TOLD A BRITISH NEWSPAPER SHE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER OF APOLOGY FROM THE DUKE, WHO ALSO WISHED HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY. TO SPAIN, WHERE HUNDREDS OF TAXIS HAVE PROTESTED ON ONE OF MADRID'S MAIN ROADS AGAINST ONLINE RIDE-SHARING SERVICES LIKE UBER. TAXI DRIVERS ARE STRIKING AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY IS UNFAIR COMPETITION, AND THEY SAY REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SECTOR ARE BEING IGNORED. IT'S A DISTURBING REALITY THAT MANY SHARK-ATTACK VICTIMS WILL DIE FROM SHOCK OR LOSS OF BLOOD RATHER THAN THE BITE ITSELF. RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY AT ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY TO CREATE A BITE-RESISTANT WETSUIT FOR SURFERS. CHANNEL NINE'S MIKE DALTON HAS THE DETAILS. FOR SURFERS REACHING FOR A BREAK IN THE SWELL, THIS WOULD BE AN HORIZON OF PEAKS NONE EVER WANT TO SEE ` THE SAW-EDGED SWATHE OF SHARK TEETH. THESE WERE, THANKFULLY, GIFTED BY THEIR OWNERS TO HELP DEVELOP WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A SUIT OF ARMOUR FOR SURFERS. THE MAJORITY OF FATALITIES FROM SHARK BITES IS DUE TO BLOOD LOSS OR THE SHOCK RESULTING FROM BLOOD LOSS. WHILE SHARK-PREVENTION METHODS HAVE BEEN SCALED UP THIS SUMMER, INCLUDING THE USE OF DRONES TO IDENTIFY THREATS FROM THE AIR, ADELAIDE'S FLINDERS UNIVERSITY HAS BEGUN TESTING A NEW KEVLAR-LIKE MATERIAL WOVEN INTO WETSUITS, THANKS TO A $90,000 GRANT FROM THE NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT. WE WANT NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO INTERACTING WITH SHARKS. THE NEW MATERIAL IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE WOUNDS THAT CAUSE BLOOD LOSS AND THE IMMEDIATE REPERCUSSIONS THAT CAN HAVE. SO IF WE CAN REDUCE THAT BLOOD LOSS THROUGH MINIMISING INJURIES AND WITH RAPID EMERGENCY RESPONSES, WE CAN HOPEFULLY INCREASE THE SURVIVAL RATE OF PEOPLE BEING BITTEN BY SHARKS. THE RESEARCHERS SAY THAT EVEN IF THEIR TESTING DOES PRODUCE A BITE-PROOF WETSUIT, THE PRESSURES INVOLVED IN A SHARK ATTACK CAN STILL BREAK BONES, BUT THE SUIT WILL PREVENT THE TEARING LACERATIONS THAT CAN LEAD TO BLOOD LOSS AND SHOCK. THE UNIVERSITY WILL SHORTLY BEGIN TESTING USING SHARKS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONS OF THE SPENCER GULF, BUT EVEN IF THE SUIT EVENTUALLY REACHES SURFERS, THERE REMAINS ONLY TWO SURE METHODS OF PREVENTING ATTACKS. EITHER STAY OUT OF THE WATER OR USE AN ENCLOSURE. STILL TO COME ` THE STARS HONOUR THEIR OWN AT THE SAG AWARDS. WHAT HINTS DID IT OFFER US FOR THE UPCOMING OSCARS? PLUS, MUSIC FESTIVAL LANEWAY CELEBRATES ITS 10TH BIRTHDAY TONIGHT WITH BIG ACTS 'FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE' AND DENZEL CURRY. It's only a little bit over, mate. It's always just a little bit... until you're on the receiving end. One times gold-coloured necklace and pendant. She was alive when I got there. Maybe they'll find a few less K's would've saved her. Imagine having that on your shoulders. (ALARM BEEPS) Everyone thinks they drive well. (HELICOPTER WHIRRS OVERHEAD, INDISTINCT POLICE COMMS) But I've never seen anyone crash well. (WOMAN CRIES) FEMALE OFFICER: Is there anyone we can call for you, Mrs Woolford? (SOBS) MAN: Well, this speed's fine along here. I know these roads. I know these roads pretty well too. And I'm doing everything in my power to stop you from seeing the things I've seen on them. IT WAS A NIGHT OF SURPRISES AND SNUBS AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES. THE GLITTERING HOLLYWOOD CEREMONY SAW SEVERAL UNEXPECTED WINS. THE NIGHT'S OFTEN REGARDED AS A POINTER TO THE ACADEMY AWARDS, WHICH ARE DECIDED AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH. MICHAEL CROPP HAS MORE. THE SILVER CARPET ROLLED OUT AS THESE FAMOUS ACTORS TAKE THEIR TIME TO SHINE, SHOWING OFF THEIR FASHION CHOICES ` ALL THERE FOR THE 25TH SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS. HI, I'M MEGAN MULLALLY, AND I'M NOT JUST AN ACTOR; I'M YOUR HOST. A HOST WITH AN IRREVERENT TAKE ON HOLLYWOOD. ROLES FOR WOMEN CONTINUE TO BREAK NEW GROUND. GLENN CLOSE PLAYED A WIFE, SO THAT'S NEW (!) THAT ROLE LANDED GLENN CLOSE 'BEST FEMALE LEAD' IN 'THE WIFE', FOLLOWING UP HER WIN AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE AS HUMAN BEINGS ARE TWO EYES LOOKING INTO TWO EYES, AND FILM IS THE ONLY ART FORM THAT ALLOWS US THE CLOSE-UP. ANOTHER GOLDEN-GLOBE WINNER, RAMI MALEK, TOOK OUT BEST ACTOR FOR HIS PORTRAYAL OF FREDDIE MERCURY IN 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY', BEATING OUT BRADLEY COOPER IN 'A STAR IS BORN'. I THANK QUEEN AND FREDDIE MERCURY. I GET SOME POWER FROM HIM THAT IS ABOUT STEPPING UP AND LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE. SUPERHERO FILM 'BLACK PANTHER' WON FOR BEST ENSEMBLE CAST. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE THE WORLD ` THAT WE COULD BE FULL HUMAN BEINGS IN THE ROLES THAT WE WERE PLAYING, THAT WE COULD CREATE A WORLD THAT EXEMPLIFIED A WORLD THAT WE WANTED TO SEE. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A SPECIAL CELEBRATION FOR VETERAN ACTOR ALAN ALDA, OF 'M*A*S*H' FAME, WITH A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. IT MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN MORE URGENT TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH ANOTHER PERSON'S EYES. AND WHEN A CULTURE IS DIVIDED SO SHARPLY, ACTORS CAN HELP AT LEAST A LITTLE JUST BY DOING WHAT WE DO. SMALL-SCREEN ACTORS RECEIVED RECOGNITION TOO ` DARREN CRISS FOR 'THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE'; PATRICIA ARQUETTE, 'ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA'; AND 'THIS IS US' FOR BEST ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES. THIS IS US. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ALL THIS EXCITEMENT FEEDS INTO THE ACADEMY AWARDS AT THE END OF NEXT MONTH. MICHAEL CROPP, 1 NEWS. ONE OF AUCKLAND'S STAPLE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS IS CELEBRATING A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY. IT'S BEEN A DECADE SINCE 'LANEWAY' ARRIVED FROM AUSTRALIA. TODAY THE INDIE FESTIVAL'S HOME IS ALBERT PARK, WHERE TONIGHT HEADLINER 'FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE' IS PERFORMING. SHE HAD A GREAT TIME, AND LUCKILY, SHE WAS AVAILABLE AND WANTED TO DO THE SHOW, AND IT ALL JUST KIND OF ALIGNED. IT'S OUR 10TH BIRTHDAY, SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE COME BACK AND PLAY. THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL ATTRACTED UP TO 13,000 PARTYGOERS. ANOTHER BIG NAME PERFORMING IS DENZEL CURRY. HIS MUSIC STYLE ` AGGRESSIVE, BOLD, AUDACIOUS, BUT SPEND 10 MINUTES WITH HIM, AND YOU WONDER WHERE THAT ANGER STEMS FROM. PERHAPS THAT'S WHY THE BRIGHT-EYED 23-YEAR-OLD WENT IN A BRAVE NEW DIRECTION WITH HIS LATEST ALBUM. I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO TALK NOT ONLY MUSIC BUT HIS SECOND LOVE, COMICS. RAPS: # I AM THE ONE, DON'T WEIGH A TON, # DON'T NEED A GUN TO GET RESPECT... # FROM HIS BITING LYRICS TO THAT OUTRAGEOUS HAIR, DENZEL CURRY EXUDES 'COOL'. HE DOES SWISH HANDSHAKES TOO, BUT JUST WAIT TILL YOU MENTION CARTOONS. I LIKE 'ONE PUNCH MAN'. I LIKE 'DRAGON BALL Z'. I LIKE 'COWBOY BEBOP'. I LIKE 'RICK AND MORTY', 'SOUTH PARK'. I HEARD YOU LIKE 'FAIRLY ODDPARENTS'. # TIMMY IS AN AVERAGE KID # THAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS. # YEAH, I DO, COS IT'S HILARIOUS; IT'S FUNNY. IT'S SURPRISING FROM A MAN KNOWN FOR THIS. RAPS: # LIE AND YOU LL REMEMBER TO SPEAK WITH YOUR CHEST. # GOOKING FOREVER, I'M STILL AT YOUR NECK. # BUT CARTOONS AND COMICS ARE HIS THERAPY. I SPENT EIGHT HOURS LAST NIGHT DRAWING. IT'S SUCH A COOL THING. I JUST PUT ON SOME DAFT PUNK. PERHAPS THAT THERAPY IS WORKING, BECAUSE DENZEL'S NEW ALBUM IS A FAR CRY FROM HIS LAST. WHEN I MADE 'IMPERIAL', I WAS JUST EMOTIONAL AND JUST MADE WHAT I MADE, AND IT ALL CAME OUT ANGRY. HIS NEW OFFERING, 'TABOO', DEALT WITH THOSE EMOTIONS, THE RESULT MORE MELODIC AND DEEPLY PERSONAL. THE TRANSITION FROM NOT SMOKING, MOVING TO L.A., LEAVING AN OLD RELATIONSHIP. I FELT LIKE EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, KINDA TURNING THEIR BACK ON ME AT SOME POINT. # ALL I'VE GOT IS PERMANENT SCARS AND TATTOOS. # I HATE LOOKING AT MY OLD WORK. I DON'T LIKE LISTENING TO 'IMPERIAL'; I DON'T LIKE LISTENING TO 'ULTIMATE'; I DON'T LIKE LISTENING TO 'NOSTALGIC'. I DON'T LIKE LISTENING TO ANY OF MY OLD ALBUMS. WHY? I JUST DON'T LIKE LOOKING AT MY OLD WORK. BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AHEAD. YES. IS THAT WHY? SO WHAT IS AHEAD? IS MUSIC STILL NUMBER ONE, OR...? MEH! I'D RATHER JUST MAKE CARTOONS AND SHIT. YOU RECKON? YEAH. I LIKE MUSIC. I LIKE MUSIC FOR ME. I DON'T LIKE IT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. # SUICIDAL DOORS. CALL IT KURT COBAIN. # 'CLOUT COBAIN' TOUCHES ON THE INDUSTRY'S PITFALLS ` PEOPLE ACTING UP FOR ATTENTION. SO RIGHT NOW, DENZEL'S ATTENTION'S ON HIS CYBORG COMIC, 'BLACK METAL TERRORIST'. YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET MUSIC, IT'S JUST I'M GONNA DEDICATE MOST OF MY TIME TO MAKING THIS BOOK. A HIP-HOP HEAVY HITTER AND COMIC-BOOK GEEK STILL EFFORTLESSLY COOLER THAN MOST. CUE THAT DREADED HANDSHAKE. (GROANS) OH GOD! I CAN'T DO IT. THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING. OH MAN. JUST AHEAD ` THE HEAT GOES ON IN THE WEATHER. AND PUTTING THE 'MOUNTAIN' INTO MOUNTAIN BIKING ` WE CHECK OUT A SNOW BIKE FESTIVAL IN THE SWISS ALPS. VOICEOVER: Kinder Chocolate is made especially for kids with a yummy milky centre, kid-sized portions and a taste that kids love. Kinder Chocolate. Made for kids. We used to watch TV like this, but now we watch it like this, this and this. But when it comes to our favourite stuff, like sports, nothing beats going big like this. Yup, this year even more of your favourite sports are going online. But if you're not ready, you might be watching it... like this. So go to... and see if you can connect your TV to fibre. Then you'll be enjoying every game in HD goodness, like this. WELCOME BACK. THE SWISS SNOW RESORT OF GSTAAD IS MOST FAMOUS FOR THE CELEBRITY CROWD IT ATTRACTS, WITH EVERYONE FROM MADONNA TO THE ROYALS SEEN ON ITS SLOPES, BUT OVER THE WEEKEND, IT ATTRACTED A DIFFERENT CROWD ` HUNDREDS OF MOUNTAIN BIKERS FOR THE ANNUAL SNOW BIKE RACE OVER FOUR DAYS AND THREE STAGES. EACH STAGE IS BETWEEN 30KM AND 35KM IN LENGTH AND INVOLVES UP TO 1000M OF CLIMBING. RIDERS CHOOSE THEIR OWN WHEELS. THE CONDITIONS CAN BE CHALLENGING, BUT THE SCENERY IS STUNNING. NOW TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER WITH ANDERSON .PAAK AND 'CELEBRATE'. (ANDERSON .PAAK'S 'CELEBRATE') THAT'S ALMOST IT FROM US HERE ON 'TONIGHT'. WE'LL LEAVE YOU WITH IMAGES OF THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE ALL LIT UP TO CELEBRATE THE CITY'S BIRTHDAY. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. ('CELEBRATE' CONTINUES) CAPTIONS BY SHRUTIKA GUNANAYAGAM AND CHELSEA BRADY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2019