TONIGHT ` OUR TRANS-TASMAN BUBBLE BURSTS AGAIN, WITH QUARANTINE FREE TRAVEL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES PUT ON PAUSE. CHECKING UP ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ` THE MONEY'S BEEN POURED IN... SO WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT? AND IT'S TIME FOR A MAKEOVER FOR SOME OF OUR POLITICIANS ` THE NEW PUPPETS OF PARLIAMENT ARE REVEALED AT A HISTORIC PUB. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021 KIA ORA, GOOD EVENING. OUR QUARANTINE-FREE TRAVEL FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO NEW ZEALAND IS TO PAUSE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT THREE DAYS. JOINING US NOW FROM AUCKLAND AIRPORT IS REPORTER VANDHNA BHAN. VANDHNA, WHAT'S CAUSED THE BUBBLE TO BURST? COVID THE CLUSTER IS GROWING IN NEW SOUTH WALES, WITH CASES NEARLY DOUBLING IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THIS PAUSE IS DUE TO 10 NEW CASES BEING ANNOUNCED, TAKING THE TOTAL UP TO 21 CASES AND THAT SYDNEY CLUSTER. ALL OF THEM BEING THE HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE DELTA VARIANT. SOME OF THESE CASES, THE SOURCE OF INFECTION IS UNKNOWN. THE CONCERNS ARE GROWING, AND THAT IS WHAT SOME OF THE PASSENGERS HAVE TOLD US HERE TONIGHT, WHO HAVE LANDED IN AUCKLAND. AS THEY GOT ON THE FLIGHT AND SYDNEY THEY WERE BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF HOW LUCKY THEY WERE. YEAH, PRETTY LUCKY. THEY ANNOUNCED ON THE FLIGHT THAT THE BUBBLE WAS PAUSED ` THERE WAS A BIT OF A FREAK-OUT ON THE PLANE ` BUT WE FOUND OUT IT WAS AT MIDNIGHT THEY'RE SUSPENDING IT, SO PRETTY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE. YEAH, JUST LUCKY. I HONESTLY THINK I NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK. (LAUGHS) I'M SO RELIEVED, YEAH. UM, WELL, THE HOLIDAY PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN GOOD, BUT, YEAH, GLAD TO BE BACK. GLAD TO MAKE IT OUT. AND IS THERE ANY ADVICE FOR KIWIS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN TO NEW SOUTH WALES RECENTLY? IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO SYDNEY, OR THE WIDER NEW SOUTH WALES REGION YOU ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THEIR MINISTRY OF HEALTH WEBSITE FOR ANY NEW LOCATIONS OF INTEREST. TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN FIJI NOW, AND IT'S JUST REPORTED A NEW DAILY HIGH, 180 NEW CASES AND TWO MORE DEATHS. THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1600 ACTIVE CASES. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL TEAMS HAVE ARRIVED IN NADI, BUT WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A 10-DAY QUARANTINE FIRST. 16 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THIS CURRENT OUTBREAK, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE ONLY COUNTING SEVEN DEATHS, SAYING THE OTHERS HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES. NEW ZEALAND'S GIVEN $10m TO SUPPORT FIJI'S BATTLE AGAINST COVID. THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM IS IN FOR YET ANOTHER REVIEW, MINISTER ANDREW LITTLE ADMITTING HE'S FRUSTRATED AT THE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS. THE GOVERNMENT'S PUMPED ALMOST $2bn INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT TODAY, IT FACED A GRILLING ABOUT WHY IT'S NOT DELIVERING. HERE'S POLITICAL EDITOR JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY. MIKE KING CAME TO PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK TO HAND BACK HIS MEDAL FOR SERVICES TO MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PLEAD FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE. DESPITE $1.9bn BEING PUMPED IN, THERE ARE ONLY FIVE NEW BEDS AND ONE NEW FACILITY TO SHOW FOR IT. IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE INHERITED A SYSTEM UNDER CRISIS. SO FRUSTRATING THAT HE'S ANNOUNCED A REVIEW. THINGS SEEM TO TAKE A LONG TIME. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING. WE'RE NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROGRAMME, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO A STOCKTAKE. I THINK THE PUBLIC IS SICK OF REVIEWS INTO REVIEWS. THE PRIME MINISTER ADMITS THERE'S BEEN SLOW PROGRESS ON BEDS AND BUILDINGS BUT POINTS TO OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS ` NEARLY 100,000 STUDENTS ACCESSING SERVICES AT SCHOOL, 520 NEW FULL-TIME WORKERS AND 10,000 COUNSELLING SESSIONS ON OFFER TO KIWIS EVERY MONTH. IS THE REVIEW INTO MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING JUST ANNOUNCED AN ADMISSION OF HER GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO DELIVER ON THE MENTAL HEALTH PROMISES OF 2019? MR SPEAKER, NO. I TOTALLY REJECT THE MEMBER'S SUGGESTION THAT NOTHING HAS HAPPENED IN THIS SPACE. IT IS, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO BUILD FROM NOTHING. MIKE KING SAYS MONEY ISN'T THE PROBLEM. LOGISTICS IS THE PROBLEM. I'D GO TO MAINFREIGHT, I'D HIRE 12 LOGISTIC ENGINEERS AND GET THEM TO WORK ON A CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY DELIVERY PLATFORM. THESE GUYS MOVE BILLIONS OF CONTAINERS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST REVIEW. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE LAST MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW INITIATED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 2018 IF WE NOW NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER REVIEW? AS TYPICALLY HAPPENS, LABOUR GOVERNMENTS END UP PICKING UP THE PIECES, BUT THE PIECES WHEN A GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS MENTAL HEALTH ARE THE SHATTERED LIVES OF VULNERABLE NEW ZEALANDERS WHO WE ARE NOW DESPERATELY HAVING TO REPAIR A BROKEN SYSTEM. A BROKEN SYSTEM THAT'S TAKING TWO YEARS TO FIX ` AND COUNTING. JESSICA MUTCH MCKAY, 1 NEWS. THE LATEST MOVE TO PROTECT AND REVITALISE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST USED PATCHES OF WATER IN NEW ZEALAND IS BEING WIDELY WELCOMED. THE HAURAKI GULF, TI KAPA MOANA, IS A 4000KM2 AREA THAT LIES FROM OFF THE WHANGAREI COAST, DOWN THE AUCKLAND REGION, GREAT BARRIER AND WAIHEKE ISLANDS, THE FIRTH OF THAMES, AND ACROSS TO THE COROMANDEL PENINSULA. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE MARINE AREAS IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF FISHING, TOURISM, AQUACULTURE AND SHIPPING. 18 NEW PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED IN THE GULF, AND TRAWL-FISHING WILL BE RESTRICTED TO SELECTED CORRIDORS. YVONNE TAHANA HAS REACTION. OUT TO CATCH A FEED ` BUT INCREASINGLY, THE FISH AREN'T BITING, AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM. THE SIZE OF THE FISH, PARTICULARLY SNAPPER, AND ALSO THE ABUNDANCE ` IT'S JUST NOT WHAT IT WAS. REPORT AFTER REPORT REINFORCING THE HAURAKI GULF'S UGLY TRUTH ` THAT CRAYFISH ARE FUNCTIONALLY EXTINCT, WITH KINA COLONISING LARGE STRETCHES OF SEABED AND KELP FORESTS ` IMPORTANT BREEDING GROUNDS FOR FISH ` DESTROYED. THAT'S LED TO AN ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE, AND IT'S NO EXAGGERATION. THE NEW STRATEGY AIMS TO RESTORE THE DELICATE BALANCE HERE. 18 NEW MARINE PROTECTION AREAS WILL BE CREATED, MEANING 17% OF THE GULF WILL BE UNDER SOME FORM OF PROTECTION FROM 2024. THE PLAN ALSO RESTRICTS TRAWLING TO SELECTED CORRIDORS. TRAWLING IS THE PREDOMINANT WAY WE CATCH FISH TODAY. I'M ALL FOR WAYS OF DOING THINGS BETTER, SO IF THERE IS A WAY TO DO IT BETTER THAT MAKES A MORE SUSTAINABLE FISHERY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THE FISHING PLAN REALLY MEAN? WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTTOM-DREDGING COMPLETELY GONE, FOR EXAMPLE. RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN ACCEPT THEY'VE PLAYED A PART IN THE GULF'S DECLINE. THERE'S LOT MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE THAN EVER BEFORE, AND IT'S PUT A LOT MORE PRESSURE ON RECREATIONAL STOCKS. OVERFISHING ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUE FACING THE GULF. CONTAMINANTS WASH OFF THE LAND INTO THE SEA, INCLUDING HEAVY METALS, NUTRIENTS, SEDIMENTS AND MICROBIAL PATHOGENS. SO, SILT GETTING INTO THE FIRTH OF THAMES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH CAN SMOTHER HABITATS. SO MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE. IT'S A QUESTION OF OUR WILL. WHAT DO WE CHOOSE TO DO? AND WE SHOULD CHOOSE TO TRY AND REACH THAT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. HOPING WHAT'S OUT OF SIGHT REMAINS UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS. YVONNE TAHANA, 1 NEWS. FOR DECADES, THE BACKBENCHER PUB, ACROSS THE ROAD FROM PARLIAMENT, HAS IMMORTALISED NEW ZEALAND POLITICIANS, HANGING GIANT PUPPETS OF THEM ON ITS WALLS ` AND TONIGHT, FOUR NEW ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN UNVEILED. JACOB JOHNSON WENT ALONG FOR THE GRAND REVEAL. A FEW FAMILIAR FACES IN ALL THEIR LATEX GLORY ` JUDITH COLLINS... (CHEERING, WHISTLING) ...DAVID SEYMOUR... (CHEERING) WHAT?! ...AND CHLOE SWARBRICK... (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) ...JOINING THE RANKS OF THE BACKBENCHER'S POLITICIAN PUPPETS. THE PRIME MINISTER ALSO GETTING A NEW CARICATURE. THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE MEAN WHEN THEY REFER TO THE PEARLY-WHITE GATES... (LAUGHTER) ...I DON'T THINK. TONIGHT'S OTHER ADDITIONS PLEASED WITH THEIR PUPPET DOUBLES. I THINK THAT THE LOCATION RIGHT OVER THE BAR IS A VERY AUSPICIOUS AND IMPORTANT LOCATION. I TOTALLY BANKED IN A TWERKING PIC, AND WE GOT THIS, SO THAT'S, LIKE, A MASSIVE, MASSIVE BOOST. BOW AND ARROW, UH, IS DEFINITELY QUITE DIFFERENT TO THE BONG THAT I WAS EXPECTING. (LAUGHTER) IT'S BEEN A TRADITION HERE SINCE JENNY SHIPLEY WAS IN OFFICE FOR EACH NEW POLITICAL TERM. SOMETIMES WE DO IT MID-TERM, SO IF THERE'S A REALLY BIG RUCKUS OVER THERE OR SOMEONE GETS DUMPED OR SOMEONE COMES ON BOARD, WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING. THE PUPPETS COST THOUSANDS TO MAKE, OFTEN TAKING UP THE PUB'S ENTIRE MARKETING BUDGET. BUT UNLIKE GOVERNMENT, THE SELECTION PROCESS ISN'T QUITE AS RIGOROUS. WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR BECOMING, YOU KNOW, I SUPPOSE A MEMBER OF THE PUPPET HALL OF FAME HERE? WELL, I CHANGE THE CRITERIA. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. PUTTING OUR POLITICIANS UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. JACOB JOHNSON, 1 NEWS. STILL TO COME, AS JAPAN FACES CRITICISM FOR ALLOWING SPECTATORS AT THE OLYMPICS, FRANCE PLANS FOR PARIS 2024 WITH FLYING TAXIS. PLUS, THE COLOURS OF CABARET ` WITH A PACIFIC TWIST. Dynamo Professional stain experts are testing the toughest stains to develop our best-performing stain removal. New Dynamo Professional Oxi Plus removes stains for a superior clean. Try new Dynamo Professional. THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO, DESPITE HEALTH WARNINGS FROM EXPERTS. VENUES WILL OPERATE AT UP TO 50% CAPACITY, AND A MAXIMUM OF 10,000 WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE COMPETITIONS. BUT ATTENDEES WILL BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED, THEY CAN'T CHEER AT COMPETITORS, OR EVEN TALK LOUDLY. IF WE, YOU KNOW, SEND AN INCONSISTENT SIGNAL THAT WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE OLYMPICS, THEN THE PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED, AND WE WILL SEE LARGER RISK OF LOCAL TRANSMISSION. THE DECISION COULD BE REVERSED IF COVID CASES SURGE HIGHER BEFORE JULY 23RD. FORGET TRAVELLING BY CAR, FLYING TAXIS COULD BE READY TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE FOR THE PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES IN 2024. GERMAN COMPANY VOLO-COPTER'S ELECTRIC AIR TAXI HAS HAD ITS FIRST FLIGHT AT AN AIRPORT NEAR THE FRENCH CAPITAL, TAKING OFF AND LANDING DURING A THREE MINUTE DEMO, FLYING UP TO 30KM/H. THE COMPANY SAYS THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE OPERATED BY A PILOT, BUT ONLY TO BEGIN WITH. IN THE LAST INSTANCE, WE WANT TO TAKE THE PILOT REQUIREMENT OUT, AND WE WANT THESE VEHICLES TO FLY FULLY AUTOMATED. SO YOU WILL NOT NEED A PILOT LICENSE ANY MORE ` YOU CAN JUST SUMMON THE VOLOCOPTER; IT WILL COME AND PICK YOU UP AND BRING YOU SAFELY TO YOUR DESTINATION. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD FOR THE TEST FLIGHT, THE VOLOCOPTER HAS ENOUGH SPACE FOR TWO PEOPLE AND THEIR LUGGAGE. A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CRICKET AS THE BLACK CAPS CHASE INDIA IN THE WORLD TEST CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. THE BLACK CAPS RESUMED THEIR FIRST INNINGS ON 101 FOR 2, A SHORT TIME AGO THEY WERE 106 FOR 2, TRAILLING BY 111 RUNS. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, KIWI MUSICIAN TROY KINGI HAS BEEN MAKING A NAME FOR HIMSELF, HIS IMPRESSIVE HAIR AND HIS PONCHOS. THE FATHER OF FIVE HAS JUST FINISHED HIS FIFTH ALBUM BUT, AS SEVEN SHARP'S TE RAU-HIRINGA BROWN REPORTS, HAS PLENTY MORE PLANNED. # COME WITH ME, # AND WE'LL RUN AWAY. # TROY KINGI WEARS LOTS OF DIFFERENT HATS ` QUITE LITERALLY. HE'S A SINGER, SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, KAI WHAKAARI ACTOR. THE TE ARAWAI/NGAI PUHI DESCENDANT HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED THE HALFWAY MARK OF HIS AMBITIOUS 10-10-10 PROJECT ` TO WRITE 10 ALBUMS ACROSS 10 GENRES IN 10 YEARS. # UPON THE NEON FLOOR. # I FEEL LIKE THERE'LL BE AT LEAST 20 BY THE TIME I'M FINISHED. # I AM BLINDED IN THE SUNLIGHT. # THE NEWEST ADDITION ` A FOLK ALBUM. OF ALL THE ALBUMS THAT I'VE PUT OUT SO FAR, THIS IS DEFINITELY THE MOST PERSONAL. EACH SONG IS ABOUT A DIFFERENT PHASE IN LIFE ` SO WE HAVE BIRTH, WORK, AND THEN WE HAD ONE THAT HAD SCHOOL... AND I HAVEN'T BEEN TO SCHOOL FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS, SO I WAS LIKE, 'WHY DON'T I... 'WHY DON'T I HIT MY DAUGHTER UP, WHO'S BEEN DOING A BIT OF POETRY?' THAT POEM BECAME THE FIRST SONG 'CALL MY NAME', CO-WRITTEN BY TROY'S 13-YEAR-OLD TAMAHINE TE KAURI KINGI. I'VE ALWAYS LIKED TO SING AND MAKE MUSIC COS DAD ALWAYS USED TO SING TO US WHEN WE WERE LITTLE. SHE RECENTLY PLACED SECOND IN THE NATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION. THEY THOUGHT THAT DAD HELPED ME WRITE IT, BUT... IT WAS ALL ME. (LAUGHS) IT'S NOT JUST TE KAURI THAT FOLLOWS IN HER PAPA'S FOOTSTEPS; MUSIC RUNS THICK IN THEIR WHAKAPAPA. (ALL SING IN TE REO MAORI) WHETHER IT BE SINGING, SONGWRITING, IN THE STUDIO ` IT'S PART OF THEM, I GUESS. (SINGS IN TE REO) THE ALBUM WAS ALSO MADE WITH THE HELP OF AWARD-WINNING ARTIST AND PRODUCER DELANEY DAVISSON, A PART OF THE MATAIRANGI MAHI TOI ARTIST RESIDENCY. SO, WE WERE STAYING AT THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S RESIDENCE WITH A NEW FRIEND THAT I JUST MET. HE MADE THE MOST OF IT, NOT ONLY WRITING A FULL ALBUM IN FOUR DAYS BUT ALSO TRANSLATING HIS ALBUM 'HOLY COLONY BURNING ACRES' ENTIRELY INTO TE REO MAORI. TROY AND DELANEY HIT THE ROAD THIS AUGUST, PLAYING THE ALBUM LIVE ACROSS THE MOTU IN A RAW, UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE. DON'T EXPECT TO COME AND, LIKE, GET ON THE PISS AND RAGE HARD-OUT. YOU'RE GOING TO COME SIT DOWN AND ENJOY THE AMBIENCE OF THE THEATRE. AUCKLAND'S CABARET SEASON IS BACK WITH A BANG ` AND THAT MEANS THE PACIFIC CAST OF 'FINE FATALE' TOO ARE BACK ON STAGE WITH A WHOLE NEW TAKE ON CABARET. THIS TIME, IT'S ALL ABOUT HISTORY ` AND THEIR STORY. VANDHNA BHAN EXPLORES WHAT TO EXPECT IN THEIR LATEST SHOW, 'THE RETURN OF THE ULA'. ARE WE READY TO GET WILD? (CHEERING) WHOO-HOO! CABARET LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. CHEE-HOO! WE HAD THIS IDEA OF WHAT CABARET WORLD IS; IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE, 'SCRATCH THAT ` LET'S JUST INTRODUCE OUR STYLES.' BACK IN SAMOA, WE HAVE, LIKE, FA'AFAFINE SHOWS IN EVERY NIGHTCLUB EVERY SATURDAY. MARIO FAUMUI BEGAN HIS OWN CABARET JOURNEY AS A YOUNG CHILD. I LIKE TO THINK I STARTED CABARET WHEN I WAS LIKE 4 YEARS OLD ` IN MY ROOM, WITH, LIKE, MY MUM'S TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND MY HEAD, MY MUM'S LAVALAVA WRAPPED AROUND MY WAIST AND JUST PERFORMING FOR... THE GODS, REALLY, IN MY OWN LITTLE ROOM. BRINGING SOME OF THAT GODLY AESTHETIC TO HIS NEW SHOW, 'THE RETURN OF THE ULA'. THEIR CHARACTERS ARE KIND OF LIKE THE ANCESTORS WHO WE'VE BROUGHT TO LIFE. # HOW DO YOU WANT IT? THE FIRST THING YOU HEAR WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN THE ISLANDS, OR IN SAMOA, IS, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP OF THREE MEN SINGING EVERYONE AND WELCOMING THEM INTO THE ISLAND. # DID SOMEBODY, DID SOMEBODY BREAK YOUR HEART? THERE'S AN ENTERTAINMENT ELEMENT; IT'S ALSO OUR WAY OF TELLING OUR STORIES. THE STORIES TOLD THROUGH THIS SHOW BEING THAT OF HISTORY, HER-STORY AND THEIR-STORY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE BOTH FAT, THIN, SLIM, THICK, BROWN, UNAPOLOGETICALLY TRANS AND QUEER BODIES ON STAGE. THE CAST ` ENTIRELY PASIFIKA AND FROM THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY ` IS AN ENSEMBLE OF ALREADY SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS. BIG PERSONALITIES, BUT... ONLY BIG GIRLS CAN HANDLE BIG PERSONALITIES. (LAUGHTER) THEY'LL BE PERFORMING FOUR SHOWS IN TOTAL, IN WHICH YOU'LL GET AN EXPLOSION OF DRAG, SPOKEN WORD AND DANCE STYLES ICONIC TO THE FINE FATALE STYLE ` ALL WHILE HOPING EVERYONE WALKING OUT OF HERE WILL NOT ONLY BE ENTERTAINED BUT TAKES A MESSAGE WITH THEM. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE THE HERO OF THE SHOW. YOU WANT TO FEEL YOUR DREAMGIRLS FANTASY ` YOU ARE ALLOWED. AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER-ONE THING THAT I WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO GO AWAY WITH. IT'S GONNA BE A BIT OF A BUMPY RIDE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, LADIES? ALL: WE LOVE A BUMPY RIDE! SO BUCKLE UP FOR PACIFIC CABARET TO TAKE THE STAGE BY STORM. VANDHNA BHAN, 1 NEWS. JUST AHEAD, YOUR FORECAST ` AND A COLD START, BUT IT COULD BE A NICE DAY. PLUS... I'M SUPER EXCITED. DOESN'T SEEM REAL, BUT I'M SUPER KEEN. (LORDE'S 'SOLAR POWER') SO WHAT'S GOT HER LORDESHIP FIZZING? THE ANSWER COMING UP. (TINKLY MUSIC) (CRICKETS CHIRP) You haven't been brushing your little one's baby teeth, have you? That can mess up their adult teeth, eh. Pretty easy to avoid, really ` just a little bit of fluoride toothpaste, Open up. Just gentle brushing morning and night ` to protect their smile. Spit! Good man. I'm gonna now. Nigh-nighs. KIWI MUSIC STAR LORDE'S HIBERNATION SEEMS TO FINALLY BE OVER, THE SINGER ANNOUNCING BOTH A DATE FOR HER NEW ALBUM AND A WORLD TOUR. THE LOCAL SHOWS HAVE COME AS A COUP FOR SMALLER VENUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WITH ALL TO BE HELD OUTDOORS NEXT SUMMER. AND AS SEAN HOGAN EXPLAINS, IT COULD MAKE FOR AN INTIMATE SHOW FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET TICKETS. # SO, # OH-OH, # OH-OH... DUST OFF YOUR DANCING JANDALS ` MUSIC ROYALTY IS HITTING OUR SUMMER STAGES. IT'S A HUGE GET FOR US. WE'VE BEEN WORKING 20 YEARS FOR ARTISTS LIKE THIS. SHE SAID IT HERSELF, THAT SHE HAS CHOSEN TO RUN INTO SMALL EVENTS AND SMALLER SPACES WHICH ARE GREEN-FIELD AND REALLY PLAYING TO WHAT SHE'S DOING AT THE MOMENT. THAT NEWFOUND ETHOS INVOLVES FIVE OUTDOOR SHOWS NEXT YEAR, STARTING AT ELECTRIC AVENUE IN CHRISTCHURCH AND THEN ON TO NELSON, LOWER HUTT'S DAY'S BAY GETTING ONE OVER THE CAPITAL. I THINK THAT, ACTUALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN NEW ZEALAND IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. ALWAYS` THE SUN'S ALWAYS OUT. I KNOW AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE BAY WHO ARE ALREADY INVITING PEOPLE FOR A PARTY. LORDE WILL ROUND OFF HER LOCAL DATES IN NEW PLYMOUTH'S BROOKLANDS BOWL AND WESTERN SPRINGS. BUT FOR THOSE WANTING TO EXPERIENCE A MEGA-STAR OF LORDE'S STATUS AT AN INTIMATE VENUE LIKE THIS ONE, BETTER GET IN QUICK, WITH LESS THAN 2000 TICKETS AVAILABLE. THE AMERICAN LEG ANNOUNCED ON STEPHEN COLBERT'S LATE SHOW ` THE SONGSTRESS ITCHING TO GET IN FRONT OF AUDIENCES AGAIN. I'M REALLY EXCITED, YEAH. I` IT SORT OF DOESN'T SEEM REAL, BUT I'M SUPER KEEN. I THINK THIS ALBUM WILL BE SO... JUST JOYFUL AND BIG AND... SUCH A GOOD THING TO EXPERIENCE WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE. # BLINK THREE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL IT KICKIN' IN... SHE RELEASED HER NEW HIT TRACK 'SOLAR POWER' DURING A SOLAR ECLIPSE, AND SOME EAGLE-EYED LORDE-LOVERS SPOTTED A COINCIDENCE IN TODAY'S TIMING. ONE CELEBRITY WHO HAS AN INSTAGRAM DEDICATED TO REVIEWING ONION RINGS ANNOUNCES A TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA ON... ACTUAL WORLD ONION RING DAY. THE VENUES ARE READY FOR THAT TOO. WELL, WE'LL BE BRINGING THE BEST HAWKE'S BAY ONIONS WE CAN BRING. NOW ALL WE NEED IS FOR THOSE SUMMER WEATHER GODS TO PLAY BALL. SEAN HOGAN, 1 NEWS. TO TOMORROW'S WEATHER NOW, WITH CHARLOTTE DOS SANTOS AND 'WATCHING YOU'. # THE WAY YOU TASTE # IN THE MORNING # MAKES ME SHIVER. # I HOLD MY BREATH. # BETWEEN TWO WORLDS YOU LAY. # SLOWLY, # THE SKY TURNS PALE. # WONDERING WHERE YOU ARE, # OUT ON YOUR VOYAGE # INTO THE STARS. # SAIL INTO THE UNDERLAND. # BETTER LEAVE YOUR ANCHOR IN THE SAND # BEFORE YOU GO. # THROUGH YOUR DREAMS, STILL WONDERING. # FLY INTO HANDS THAT ARE NOWHERE NEAR. THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. PO MANAHAU ` GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY PHOEBE UPTON AND MAEVE KELLY. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2021