 Darren went on to read the news on "11am", and then became the first anchor of "Sunrise News" when it launched to cover the first Gulf War.Darren later worked at "National Nine News", however his involvement with Network Ten show "Sex/Life" saw the end of his Australian television career after a segment saw him simulate masturbation.He later became a news reader in New Zealand at TV3 in the late 1990s, where he regularly presented late night news programme Nightline.