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- And you're sure this is
going to help my whanau?

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<c.yellow>- AUNTIE HUIA: I'm sure.

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- Are you three ghosts?
<c.cyan>- Oh!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

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<c.yellow>- You're definitely not part of
<c.yellow>that new international agency

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<c.yellow>that's trying to buy
<c.yellow>Matua Jacobsen's Quarry

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<c.yellow>and the adjoining
<c.yellow>iwi land for a subdivision?

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- That's a lot of speculation.

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- Once she smells a story,
she will do everything in her power
to find out the truth.

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Probably what makes her
a good journalist.

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<c.cyan>- That's lovely Koro Joe.

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<c.yellow>- I was just chatting with him.
<c.yellow>I didn't catch his name.

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<c.cyan>- Oh, couldn't have been him, boy.
<c.cyan>He's long gone.

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<c.yellow>- What do you mean?

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<c.cyan>- Kua mate. Ta-ra!

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(OMINOUS MUSIC)

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(UPBEAT MUSIC)

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- Wanna take your blanket
on the pahi?

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Don't want your pillow?

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<c.yellow>Here we are, getting our kura
<c.yellow>ready to take off to their
<c.yellow>camping haerenga.

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<c.yellow>On the spot ―
<c.yellow>what's the whakatauki for the week?

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- Chur, yup. Uh, morena e te iwi.
How are we? How are we?

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Ooh, shit. Whakatauki for the week,
you reckon? Would have to be, uh...

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'Walk with mana or get the pana.'

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<c.yellow>- Oh!

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<c.yellow>Lethal. Deadly, Uncle Bull.

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<c.yellow>'Walk with mana or get the pana.'

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<c.yellow>Far! Hey, what else should I say?

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<c.yellow>Oh!

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<c.yellow>Chur, whanau Wharekoa!

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<c.cyan>- Yeah, I don't know about
<c.cyan>the kids going on this
<c.cyan>early kura trip, like...

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<c.cyan>shouldn't they get
<c.cyan>settled in first, before...?
- Oh, kia tau.

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Honey, if we want them to fly,
we can't hover over them.

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- KIDS: Chur, Nate!

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<c.yellow>- Mum, look, my new best friends.

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<c.cyan>- Hey, I told you ―
<c.cyan>the boys hang out with the boys.

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<c.cyan>Morena e te whanau.
- Morena.

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<c.cyan>- Morena, Amiria.
<c.yellow>- Oh, right.

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<c.yellow>Da boys ―

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<c.yellow>da boys...

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<c.yellow>hang out with...

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<c.yellow>da boys.
<c.cyan>- Taihoa.

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<c.cyan>Kiss your mum goodbye, man.
<c.cyan>Don't be sad to her.
<c.yellow>- Oh, yep.

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<c.yellow>Bye, Mum.

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- Uh, what about me?

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(CHUCKLES)

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Here's some baking for da boys.

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<c.yellow>- You the man, Dad.

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<c.cyan>- Goodbye, parents.
<c.cyan>Stay out of trouble.
<c.cyan>See you when I get back. (LAUGHS)

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- Morena.
- Morena.

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<c.yellow>- Hi, girl.
<c.cyan>- Hey.

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<c.yellow>- Come on, let's get you
<c.yellow>signed off with whaea.
<c.yellow>Otherwise we'll get dumb seats.

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<c.yellow>Girl! Don't be sad ―
<c.yellow>hug your parents.

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- Yeah, don't be sad.

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(LAUGHTER)

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Bye, darling. Have fun.
<c.cyan>- Bye, Mum.

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- Mm.

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- Bye, bub.
<c.cyan>- Bye, Dad.

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<c.cyan>Let's go.

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- Chea, Bull. (CHUCKLES)

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<c.yellow>- Chee, whanau.
<c.yellow>How are we? how are we?
- Good, my brother.

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<c.yellow>- Chea, my cuz.
- Ata marie.

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What you up to, Bull?
<c.yellow>- Oh, driving the pahi.

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<c.yellow>Yeah, yeah, yeah, driving
<c.yellow>the pahi for the kahi.

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<c.yellow>You not coming on this
<c.yellow>tipi haere, Matty boy?

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- E kao, not this one.
I've got a ruma to sort out,

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make sense of the curriculum
I'll be teaching ― how the kids
get credited and graded.

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I want to do my own research,
though. Have a deep dive into...

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<c.yellow>- Oh, sounds mean. Sounds wicked.
<c.yellow>Sounds cool.

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<c.yellow>Yeah, nah, sounds like a pretty
<c.yellow>cool subject all right, my bro.

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- It's pretty exciting, brother.
I'm looking forward to it.

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- Ae.

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<c.yellow>- Hey, Kiri, girl, cuz ― you didn't
<c.yellow>happen to get a chance to look into
<c.yellow>that resourcing conse

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<c.yellow>that those Floodgate andamp; Co pricks
<c.yellow>have been shopping around here,
<c.yellow>did you?

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- He aha?

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<c.yellow>- The resourcing consent plan
<c.yellow>that those Floodgate andamp; Co pricks
<c.yellow>have been shopping around here

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<c.yellow>And by the sounds of it,
<c.yellow>they got someone high up
<c.yellow>there working for them.

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<c.yellow>And some international companies
<c.yellow>might be in the mix,

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<c.yellow>cos it sounds like there's
<c.yellow>a lot of money involved.

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<c.yellow>And everything seems to be
<c.yellow>moving pretty fast.

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<c.yellow>We're lucky we got our whanau land
<c.yellow>in a trust thanks to John Boy,

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<c.yellow>but some other whanau around here...

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<c.yellow>Chur. I don't think they'll be
<c.yellow>that lucky if all this goes through,
<c.yellow>that's for sure

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- (LAUGHS) Wait...

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where did you hear all of this from,
the internet?

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<c.yellow>- Kao. We all know we can't trust
<c.yellow>the internet any more.

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- OK, so where'd you get
the big ideas from, then?
<c.yellow>- Well, Meremereana.

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- Oh, Meremereana.
<c.yellow>- Yeah. Meremereana.

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<c.yellow>She's an award-winning journalist ―
<c.yellow>so less ideas and more 'facts'.

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<c.yellow>Have you met her?
- Briefly.

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<c.yellow>- Did you bite her head off?
- What? Kao!
I didn't bite her head off.

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<c.yellow>- Are you sure?
<c.yellow>Cos sometimes, you like
<c.yellow>to bite people's heads off, cuz.

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- I do not bite people's
heads off, OK?

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(CURIOUS MUSIC)

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I can be nice.
<c.yellow>- Well, good,
<c.yellow>cos you two need to link up

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<c.yellow>and suss whatever dodgy
<c.yellow>deals be happening up in here.

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- Oh my God.
Bull, I am not Captain Planet.

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<c.yellow>- No, but you are Maori ― and
<c.yellow>whanau. Me tu hei kaitiaki, ne?

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- Wow.

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When did you become this guy?

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<c.yellow>- I dunno. Guess it just happened.

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<c.yellow>Help us out, eh? Please.

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- Yeah, OK.
I'll see what I can do.

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<c.yellow>- Ah! Look after yourself, bae.
<c.yellow>I'll drop the kids off
<c.yellow>when we get back, ne?

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(BOTH LAUGH)

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<c.yellow>I love you, cuz.
- Mm.

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<c.yellow>- Ow! Say it back, bae.

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- (GRUMBLES)

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I love you.

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(PENSIVE MUSIC)

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<c.yellow>- Love you more, cuz.
(ENGINE TURNS OVER)

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Captions by Jason Conran.

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the support of NZ On Air.

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Copyright Able 2025

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- Don't you dare imply that I can't
grasp the nuances and risks involved.

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I have the most to lose
out of all of you.

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Yeah, I'm well aware of the
repercussions and the implications
if we don't act swiftly.

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But do you understand
how much of a risk it is

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if anyone finds out
that I'm involved?

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Everything we've worked towards
will be gone in an instant.

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(THUMP!)
Oi!

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So let me be perfectly clear ―
as I said, everything will halt

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until I find out what this
journalist knows
and who else is involved.

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(THUMP!)
What the shit?

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Oi, what's your problem?

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(SCOFFS)

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(CHEEKY MUSIC)

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How the hell did you...

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Not today, punk.

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Oi!

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(MUSIC STOPS)

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You wait, you little shit!

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(CHEEKY MUSIC RESUMES)

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(PANTS)

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Gotcha!

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(MUSIC STOPS)

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- Kiri?

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Kia ora.

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- Hi.

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- I, um...

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I was chasing someone.

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Yeah.

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Um― This guy, he hits my car,
gives me the fingers, runs off,
and then I chase him.

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But I swear

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he came in here.

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- Wow, cool.
How very vigilante of you.

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- Oh...

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- Mahana. Yeah, it's our
community shared space.

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You look a little dehydrated.
Can I make you an inu?

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(TENTATIVE MUSIC)

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<c.cyan>-
<c.cyan>you'll wanna rock to this.

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<c.cyan>

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<c.cyan>
<c.cyan>or step back. It's on.

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<c.cyan>
<c.cyan>you'll wanna rock to this.

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<c.cyan>

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<c.cyan>
<c.cyan>or step back. It's on.
(WHOOSHING)

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<c.yellow>- Oh.

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- Jeez, Matua, are you deaf?

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I've been calling
out to you for ages.

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<c.yellow>- You're welcome.
<c.yellow>Probably because I had these in.

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- Well, anei ― here's your roll.
It's got everything you need
to know about the kura.

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So, welcome to your
first day of mahi ―

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and, officially, to our kura.
<c.yellow>- Nga mihi, Whaea.

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<c.yellow>Whaea, did you just
<c.yellow>come in by yourself?

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- Yeah, course I did.
Oh ― are your eyes not working
along with your ears?

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<c.yellow>- (CHUCKLES) No, it's just...

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<c.yellow>This might sound weird, but I feel
<c.yellow>like someone's been watching me.

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- Been watching you?
<c.yellow>- Yeah, like someone's been
<c.yellow>breathing down my neck all morning

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<c.yellow>I probably just need a kai, right?
<c.yellow>Just my body catching up with me
<c.yellow>and...

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- (SIGHS)

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(SNIFFS)

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(PENSIVE MUSIC)

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(EXHALES)

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WHISPERS: Kehuaaa.

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(PENSIVE MUSIC CONTINUES)

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- This place is impressive.

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Must have had a lot of help.
<c.cyan>- Yeah. Yeah, I did. Thanks.

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- I'm sorry, but, you know,
I have to ask ― are you sure
no one else came in here before m

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<c.cyan>- Um...

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<c.cyan>kao.

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<c.cyan>No, just, um...

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<c.cyan>just you stumbling on in.

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- Yeah, must have lost him.

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<c.cyan>So,

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<c.cyan>is this off the record?

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- I'm not sure what you mean.

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- WHISPERS: Tell her the truth.

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<c.cyan>- When people get too close
<c.cyan>to the hive, the bees send out
<c.cyan>their workers to attack.

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(ETHEREAL MUSIC)

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<c.cyan>- Well, from the scale of
<c.cyan>what I've discovered, I can't
<c.cyan>quite pinpoint who does what,

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<c.cyan>but I know they wouldn't send
<c.cyan>just anyone to do intel.

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<c.cyan>So that would either make you
<c.cyan>the hive, or the honey ―

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<c.cyan>or the bee.

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- Go on. Tell her the truth.

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<c.cyan>- Right. OK, so it all makes sense.

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- What makes sense?

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<c.cyan>- Kiri Wharekoa, how long have you
<c.cyan>been working for Floodgate andamp; Co?

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<c.yellow>- Kehua.

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(QUIRKY DRUMMING MUSIC)

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<c.yellow>(EXHALES FIERCELY)

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<c.yellow>(EXCLAIMS)

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<c.yellow>(EXCLAIMS)

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<c.yellow>(EXCLAIMS)

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<c.yellow>(PUFFS SHARPLY)

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<c.yellow>(EXHALES FIERCELY)

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<c.yellow>(PUFFS)

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(DRUMMING MUSIC CONTINUES)

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- Whaea?
<c.yellow>- (EXHALES)

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<c.yellow>Far out!

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- Are you OK?
<c.yellow>- That was close.
<c.yellow>Nearly took me out.

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<c.yellow>Whew! What's the time?

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<c.yellow>Oh shit, I'm running late!

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<c.yellow>But, uh, Matua ―
<c.yellow>don't worry about that kehua.

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<c.yellow>I sussed it. He won't be
<c.yellow>coming round here no more.

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<c.yellow>Anyway, uh, I'll catch you up.

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<c.yellow>Oh shitere ― my nail.

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- Catch you up.

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- Whoa, hold on.

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How long have you been watching me?

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<c.cyan>- (CHUCKLES)

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- Well, I didn't actually recruit
her. She volunteered her services...

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after she sniffed the air.

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(TENTATIVE STRING MUSIC)

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Koro Joe?

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<c.cyan>Ae...

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(TENTATIVE MUSIC CONTINUES)

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<c.cyan>- (LAUGHS)

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(DOOR CLOSES)

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<c.cyan>Hey!
- (YELPS)
<c.cyan>- Matiu!

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<c.cyan>Ma...

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<c.cyan>Matiu.

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<c.cyan>Ehh...

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- Why does my mahi
spark such interest?

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<c.yellow>- Well, because your appearance
<c.yellow>in town is way too timely
<c.yellow>to be a coincidence.

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<c.yellow>And my sources tell me Floodgate
<c.yellow>andamp; Co are doing everything they can

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<c.yellow>to try and get people to sign over
<c.yellow>large amounts of land.

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- Do you need validation?

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Do you need to catch the bad guys
to feel good about yourself?

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<c.yellow>- (SCOFFS) That's a bit dramatic,
<c.yellow>isn't it?

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<c.yellow>I'm just trying to expose people
<c.yellow>that exploit communities

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<c.yellow>who don't have the resources
<c.yellow>to fight back.

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<c.yellow>It's just the right thing to do ―
<c.yellow>maybe to you that sounds
<c.yellow>like validation.

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- You don't even know
what the fight is.

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You're so busy counting the trees,
you've lost sight of the forest.
<c.yellow>- He aha?

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- This is home.

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I have spent my whole life preparing
to fight for this place.

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<c.yellow>- And now you're selling us out.

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- Oh, you're not as good
as you think you are, sis.

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If only you would open your eyes,
you would see.

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<c.yellow>- OK. Thanks for that ― sis ―
<c.yellow>but my karu are wide open, OK?

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<c.yellow>And from where I'm sitting, you are
<c.yellow>the source of all of these problems.

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- I am not the problem.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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You know, when I was a little girl,
I was told...

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keep your friends close
and your enemies closer.

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And that is exactly what I'm doing.

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<c.yellow>- OK, well, who is
<c.yellow>the enemy then, hm?

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<c.yellow>And how do I know you're not just
<c.yellow>another player in this game?

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<c.yellow>How do I know that you're not
<c.yellow>the one pulling the strings for
<c.yellow>Floodgate andamp; Co?

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- You don't.

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But keep your friends close...

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and your enemies closer.

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(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

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(BIRDSONG)

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(CREAKING)

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(OMINOUS MUSIC)

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(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

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Matty?

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- Yeah, interesting ―
to say the least.

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It smells like smoke in here.
Have you been smoking?

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- Yeah. Only one.

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Some of your relations showed up.

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Three of them.

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- Don't freak out, OK, but...

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<c.cyan>- JOHN BOY: Hey, cuz.

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(TENSE MUSIC)

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(THUD!)
<c.yellow>- Oh, kei te pai,
<c.yellow>don't worry about it.

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<c.yellow>She'll get used to seeing us ―
<c.yellow>she's tough.

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<c.yellow>Jeez...

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<c.yellow>she got big, eh?

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<c.cyan>- Auntie, you can't say
<c.cyan>things like that.
<c.yellow>- Oh, shush. Who said?

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<c.cyan>- Amiria.
<c.cyan>She reckons you could get cancelled.

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<c.yellow>- Oh, what does she know? I'm dead.

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(WARM, DREAMY MUSIC)

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(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
- Mama, mama!

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<c.cyan>- Ae, taku pepi?
- Nan wants us to have
a korero. Kia tere.

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<c.cyan>- Ah.
- ALL: Ooh.

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<c.yellow>- Tipene. He's one of those
<c.yellow>mana-muncher types, you know?

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<c.yellow>Always seems to weasel his way
<c.yellow>into a kaupapa.

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- I live this life ―
a life I did not choose...

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a life I don't want.

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I just feel so stuck.

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<c.yellow>- Have you guys seen John Boy?

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- He should be around. Why's that?

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<c.yellow>- Nah, nah, I just...
<c.yellow>got a feeling.

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