Original subtitles

["I Ngooku Moemoeaa" by TE KAAHU playing]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[Miki in English] We wouldn't have to protect land that...

that was stolen from us anyway,

and I wouldn't have had our son down there.

Up your fucking dosage of olanzapine, for gods' sakes, Miki!

I heard my dad singing. It's actually fucking him.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[Ahorangi in Te Reo Maori]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[in NZSL]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Share a memory with your boy. Memories bring us back.

Please help me to find my son. [in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Fuck you, Kaia.

No, sorry, I had to.

Wish you'd all just fucking told me who he was from the beginning.

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] I've got this, Kaia.

Drop the bag!

- Shut the fuck up! - Or what, bro?

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[Adrian in English] There's a note in there from your mum.

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[singing in Te Reo Maori]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[defibrillator whirrs]

[defibrillator thuds]

[bomb exploding]

[bomb exploding]

[crowd screaming]

[alarm bell ringing]

[in English] Hey, hey. No, no, no. You can't go...

[reporter] We're getting reports of at least

three people dead and many more injured,

in a blast in central New Plymouth this afternoon.

The explosion reportedly went off at Puke Ariki at around 2:15.

Some are already calling it a terrorist attack.

- [seagulls mewing] - [waves crashing]

[Miki in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Do you remember that play?

I think about those words all the time.

Sam says hi.

He gave me a ride back up.

[Kaia] Mm-hmm.

[in Te Reo Maori]

- [Kaia in English] Don't be an arsehole. - [chuckles]

I'm not being an arsehole.

That's the rules now.

You want me to follow the rules, I'm following the rules.

[Kaia in Te Reo Maori]

[Kaia in English] No one forced you to go.

Nah...

just a team of five million.

[chuckles]

[dog barking]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[Miki]

- [in English] That's not fair, Miki. - [in Te Reo Maori]

[Miki]

[in English] I'm proud of what I did, Kaia.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] This isn't even about that bullshit.

Your three-year-old son wanted his father. You weren't here.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] You're acting like I was locked up for life or something.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] When all those other parents at kohanga

found out where his father was.

None of their kids were allowed to go near him.

He was left, to play by himself for weeks Miki.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[sullen music playing]

[Miki sighs]

[in English] You knew...

I had nowhere else to take him.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[sullen music continues]

[in English] I know you're a good dad, Miki.

Your son adores you.

[sighs]

But you,

we... we have to be more than just

good.

[dramatic music playing]

[Huia singing in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

- [Huia in Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[crowd speaking Te Reo Maori]

[crowd speaking Te Reo Maori]

[man 2 in Te Reo Maori]

[sombre music playing]

[Gary clears throat] [in English] Small world.

I remember you from the funeral for my niece.

- Kaia, isn't it? - Yeah.

[Gary] Uh, it took me a minute to put two and two together.

Uh, Gary.

Um, I... I didn't want anything to happen to his gear, so I...

I took it up to my store.

How did you know Miki?

[Gary] He used to cut my hair.

I met your boy a couple of times too, Tyson.

- Um, Tyrone. - [Gary] Oh, sorry.

[sombre music continues]

You okay? You need to sit down?

[Kaia exhales]

[breathes heavily]

You know [chuckles]

she used to come up to my store...

after school.

Nine years old,

and she'd tinker about on all the different instruments.

[chuckles]

She was noisy,

and she was hilarious. [chuckles]

Yeah, she'd... she'd stay for hours

before I'd take her home.

And all of a sudden, uh,

stopped.

[sombre music continues]

God, you know I missed that.

And she grew up.

Stopped coming over.

Stopped talking to me.

Yeah, Willa could always make you feel-

if she'd walk into a room and she'd- even her eyes would light up.

You know, she just wanted to

learn something from you.

You know, like playing the piano or mixing an 8-track.

Yeah. And she'd just eat it up.

Uh, and she made me feel...

seen.

[sombre music continues]

[exhales heavily]

She could be inspiring.

She could do that.

I don't think I ever gave her enough credit for that.

[Gary] Those five years have been the quietest of my life.

Just sitting around in that shop.

Waiting for her to,

walk back through the door.

We fought.

And I left her.

She was right there. [sobs]

- [exhales] - [Gary] Um.

You want to...

come up and, uh, grab his things?

[Kaia] Yeah.

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[gentle music playing]

[Hinewai in English] Conrad!

Con! [sighs heavily]

[cellphone key clicking]

[cellphone keys clicking]

[cellphone chiming]

[cellphone chiming]

[cellphone chiming]

[Hinewai exhales]

[cellphone key clicking]

[Tane] You in here?

I'm on break in five and I need to hit the bank.

Want to pick me up a cake?

Want to tell me why you're leaving?

[Tane chuckles]

You ever feel like you're gasping for air?

[Tane] Mm-hmm.

That's been me for the last 20 years.

I've been married for 20 years.

And we've had some great times, you know.

Times when our house has felt so full of love,

it could burst.

And he is so kind.

To everyone. You know, to the iwi, to the boys,

to me.

In that order?

No, I don't blame him, you know.

We were high school sweethearts.

Well, we got together after high school. I kept him at arm's length.

- Treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen. - [Hinewai chuckles]

[solemn music playing]

We lost our first baby.

- To SIDS. - [Tane] Oh. Oh dear.

He was on his first year on the rig

and we couldn't afford to take any time off.

I tried to give him CPR and I didn't know how.

You were so young.

You know, he never blamed me for it.

I wanted him to blame me for it.

[solemn music continues]

Pepe was so little.

He didn't even have a name.

You know, I should have been able to save that baby.

I told Ti about Rodney.

Is this me trying to make it up to him, that's why I'm leaving.

[solemn music fades]

I thought so.

I just won 50 bucks.

- Fuck you - [Tane laughs]

- Go buy me a cake. - I already made you one.

[chuckles, sniffles]

["Garden" by Fly My Pretties & Anna Coddington playing]

[cellphone keys clicking]

? Lay me to sleep in this bed ?

? Soft and silent I am free ?

? Come back to life as I rest ?

[bomb exploding]

? Let the night bend over me ?

? This is not the world I know ?

? This wind blows with a strange scent ?

? I watch my garden grow ?

? Dark and low ?

? Its body bent ?

- [door opens] - [song ends]

[door closes]

[Kui in Te Reo Maori]

[Liam in Te Reo Maori]

[interviewer in English] So just to confirm before we came in

that you've been given your Bill of Rights.

[Liliu] That's correct.

My name is Liliu Brown.

My rank is Senior Constable.

I made an initial statement yesterday and I consent to this official interview.

Okay, well we haven't started the interview yet.

So before we get in, I just thought we'd go through some talking points. Okay?

[door knocks]

- [lawyer] Come in. - [door opens]

So you've been a police officer for close on to eight years now.

- Correct. - You're stationed in New Plymouth.

And you're also a member of the Taranaki Armed Defender Squad.

- Is that correct? - [Liliu] Correct.

How long have you been a member of this squad?

Nine months.

So you're proficient with the handling of Glock pistols

and Bushmaster rifles.

That's correct.

You've been described by your peers and superiors as level-headed,

focused,

and fair.

You're well respected

in this region.

Is this the first time that you've, uh,

discharged your weapon in the field?

- Yes. - Okay.

Look, Constable Brown.

This interview is to record your account of the events

leading up to the incident,

at the New Plymouth Hospital.

An incident that took place under extreme and unprecedented circumstances

where the threat level was immeasurably high.

So at any point, if you just need to take a break, okay,

you just let me know.

So on October 28th, you were partnered with Constable Adrian Young.

You were mentoring in the tuakana teina capacity

to aid his return to the front line.

You were tasked with this because of your outstanding record

- as a senior constable. - I shot a man.

I thought a man was going to

- kill me, and so I shot him. - [lawyer] No, Constable.

No, no, no, no.

That... that's my statement.

Okay, and because I shot him, a woman died.

Her name was Hinewai Smith.

Okay, she was killed because I did the wrong thing

and she did the right thing.

- She was killed in a terrorist attack. - [Liliu] She was killed

because I didn't do my job.

My job is to protect life and property. I did neither of those things.

That is my statement.

Well, thank you for your honesty, Constable.

Are you ready to do the interview?

Time and date is 30th October, 2025.

Thursday, 9:26 am.

I'm Detective Inspector Nick Temple from Central Auckland.

I'm here in New Plymouth

to investigate a police shooting, a shooting that involves Constable Brown.

As you're aware, you have powers afforded to you as a police officer.

We have to investigate you and your use of those powers.

[Miki in Te Reo Maori]

[Nick in English] Specifically, how it pertains to the death of Miki Williams.

[indistinct chatter]

[unsettling music playing]

[Hinewai in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Uh, surely someone else can do it.

[Hinewai in Te Reo Maori]

[Conrad in English] Oi, Liam.

[Liam in Te Reo Maori]

[door lock beeping]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[Conrad in English] Oh.

[door lock beeping]

Hey, boys. Are you okay?

- Yeah, it's... it's the wrong way. - [Conrad] Liam.

[door closes]

- [indistinct chatter] - [unsettling music continues]

[Conrad] Liam.

Liam.

What are you doing in here?

This is a crime scene.

Oh.

Where did you get that, son?

It's my mum's.

[Conrad] Sorry.

- Let's go. - [Liliu] Hey.

I know you.

[unsettling music continues]

You're going to need this to get out.

Thanks.

I think she could have saved him.

Sorry for your loss, boys.

[sombre music playing]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Tane in English] Excuse me.

You boys want to come in?

Yeah.

[door closes]

He's going to be fine.

[sombre music continues]

[man in Te Reo Maori]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[crowd speaking Te Reo Maori]

[sombre music continues]

[sombre music continues]

- [chuckles] - [chuckles]

[in English] We wagged school one day.

Economics.

Oh, we were both shit at it.

[chuckles]

We were friends at first.

She was beautiful.

Her laugh.

She kissed me on those steps.

You're never here.

Even when you are here, you're not here.

[music becomes tense]

[in Te Reo Maori]

[tense music continues, fades]

[woman crying]

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[solemn music playing]

[inaudible]

[in NZSL]

[solemn music continues]

[inaudible]

[in NZSL]

[solemn music continues]

[solemn music fades]

[sombre music playing]

Stop now or I'll shoot! I said stop now, Miki! Stop now!

- [in Te Reo Maori] - [Liliu in English] Stop now! Stop now!

[gunshot firing]

[Nick] So it was in his hand when he was shot?

Yes.

Constable Cole confirms that when he arrived on the scene your gun was drawn.

Prior to that my hand was on my taser.

And yet you chose not to use it?

[Miki in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Get your hand out of the bag now!

[speaking Te Reo Maori]

[in English] It means demon.

I don't understand.

Neither did I.

And now that's all I can hear.

[Nick] What are you saying? Mr Williams called you a demon?

Not a great reason to shoot someone, is it?

He was behaving in a manner that was quite intimidating.

The same man threatened Constable Young.

[sombre music continues]

Aren't we trained to see people in a certain way?

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[sombre music fades]

[man distantly speaking Te Reo Maori]

[in English] You're one of the last ones to see her alive.

[man distantly speaking Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Okay.

- [crowd speaking Te Reo Maori] - [man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[in English] I had no idea it was even happening.

I had no idea my wife was leading an evacuation.

Had no idea my son wanted to top himself by jumping off that bloody building.

[Huia in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] One of you guys saved his life...

[melancholic music playing]

...while I was down here.

My partner.

Why am I even talking to you?

You shot an unarmed Maori man.

Nothing will ever change.

[sighs]

[man speaking Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Adrian should never have been a cop.

No temperament for it.

But what I saw as a weakness in him,

probably saved your boy's life.

[melancholic music continues]

The man I shot?

Your wife saw something in him.

Something I couldn't see.

[man in Te Reo Maori]

- [crowd speaking Te Reo Maori] - [man in Te Reo Maori]

[crowd in Te Reo Maori]

- [waves crashing] - [sombre music playing]

[in English] This way.

[indistinct chatter]

[dramatic music playing]

[Chris in Cantonese]

[dramatic music ends]

[in English] I want to help people, Chris.

I want to do good.

No fucking way, bro. Look at you.

- [wok clattering] - [pensive music playing]

Chris.

Chris.

There's a family here that want to speak with you.

Pretty busy in here.

Is it a complaint?

No.

It's about Adrian.

[Chris speaking Cantonese]

[in English] Chris.

- Liam. - [Chris] Liam.

- Conrad. - [Chris] Conrad.

- Timoti. - Timoti. Chris, pleased to meet you.

Looks like you've got your hands full here today, so we won't

- take up too much of your time. - No, it's fine.

Uh, my son here, he knew your brother.

Okay. How'd you know him?

Oh, he was a ring-in for our basketball team some weekends.

Yeah.

Um, your brother was with my son before the bomb went off.

He, um...

My wife,

knew him from when he was recovering in hospital.

And on the 28th, she asked him if he could check on our son.

Your brother saved our boy's life,

before he then saved a whole bunch of other people down at the site.

We just wanted you to know.

He was a real good dude.

[dramatic music playing]

Thank you.

Thank you.

[dramatic music continues]

We didn't want to leave it in the van.

[music becomes pensive]

Um, the... the clippers?

Uh.

Here.

- Gave them a bit of oil. - Thanks.

- I don't... - Oh, any

- whanau might want- - No.

[Gary] I'll find a home for it all.

Um.

She had, uh, this on her...

when she died.

I gave it to her.

She was here on the 28th before...

You played her a recording, too?

[Gary] Her parents singing, yeah.

I don't know if she called the number or not.

Her phone never turned up.

The thing is, um...

she didn't get a tangi.

You know, uh, I mean, all of this today,

the, uh, lifting of tapu, you know, that's all great.

But she, um...

I mean, you were at the funeral.

I was all very,

vanilla.

[pensive music continues]

I liked the song you played for her.

- [chuckles] "See the Ministers face". - Yeah.

I mean, all her muso friends were there.

It was a lovely service.

Yeah, but don't, don't you think...

that he would want her to have a, you know, a proper Maori send-off?

Isn't... isn't that something that she would want?

You know, so that she can...

not get,

stuck,

in the...

I don't know. Is there a...

No.

Look...

who cares what he wants? He wasn't around.

I don't think she was actually searching for him.

What you gave her...

I let her down.

No.

[Gary sobbing]

She came back.

[pensive music continues]

[Hinewai] Son...

I just want to make sure you're okay.

Tell you, I can't wait to see you tonight.

There's nowhere any of us have to be.

It'll just be us four.

Eating.

Chilling.

Arguing.

Being together.

Thing is, something's happened at the hospital today.

It isn't an easy thing to fix.

I'm doing my best.

We're all doing our best.

I just want to say to you...

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Most things in life,

we have to watch all the time.

Look and look again,

just to make sure they're okay.

I never told you, and I should have told you,

that, that picture you drew of me,

showed me how you see me.

How I see you.

And how you see the world.

- It definitely said something about life... - Can you make me

a cup of tea please?

...about how those spaces between us are the things that matter.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Maybe it's all about maintenance, eh?

[pensive music continues]

It's all about feeding each other, washing the dishes,

sleeping, eating, going to work,

talking, loving,

and just paying attention.

[in Te Reo Maori]

[in English] Con, come home tonight, okay?

[in Te Reo Maori]

["Home, Land & Sea" by Trinity Roots playing]

? From the tail of the fish to the tip ?

? Money all 'round this world ?

Want a piece of this, yeah ?

? Seems like nothing ?

? Nothing known ?

? 's gonna stop it ?

? I know it ?

? Can feel it ?

? From a boy to a man ?

? And my memories in between ?

? All of these I would hope ?

? My sons to see, yeah ?

? But them rules keep a changing ?

? I be fucked If I'm gonna play that game ?

? I paid my dues, was there on time ?

? You give me them blues ?

- ? Oh ? - ? Oh ?

- ? Queen Bee should know ? - ? Queen Bee should know ?

- ? She can't see her flowers ? - ? She can't see her flowers ?

? And through her ?

- ? Own trees ? - ? Own trees ?

- ? Yeah ? - ? Yeah ?

? Talkin' 'bout our home, land and sea ?

? Talkin' 'bout our home, land and sea ?

- ? Land and sea ? - ? Yeah ?

? Talkin' 'bout our home, land and sea ?

? Land and sea yeah, ?

? Talkin' 'bout our home, land and sea ?

? Hey ?

? Talkin' 'bout our home, land and sea ?

? Land and sea ?

- ? And talking about our home... ? - ? Talking about our home... ?

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