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[upbeat music]

[indistinct yelling]

- Konnichiwa Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

It's the last day of school,

so please collect all lost property.

Ensure all precious art is carefully taken home.

And, until our school fire fundraising is complete,

the school pool is for display only.

- Alright.

How do you feel on your last day of Year One?

- You're so embarrassing.

- Hey I'm your mum; it's my unpaid job to embarrass you.

I love you my sweet little baby!

[uplifting music]

So, I talked to the people that wanted to hire the hall.

- You're not doing that thing where you fake being sad

but you really have good news?

- Well not anymore.

We got the money.

- Excuse me?

- We got the money.

- I hired the hall out as a movie location

for ten thousand dollars. Which brings our total to?

- Seventy-five thousand dollars, fifty cents.

And a packet of raisins.

Which means, our kids can swim in a pool

with real water next year.

Instead of swim miming in ash.

- And it means that parents will stop running away

from me because they think I'm trying

to sell them raffle tickets.

It's over.

- We are the greatest fundraising mums in the world.

- Yes.

- The school is gonna be like, so grateful.

- Yes.

Do we have to do the hand holding thing again?

I don't wanna-- - Just once.

Go, come on Heather.

[upbeat music]

[bell rings]

- Hello, we'd like to see the Principal please.

- Whom may I say is calling?

- Jess. Jess from the Junior Fundraising Committee.

We've raised seventy-five thousand dollars

and fifty cents and a packet of raisins.

- Why are you not impressed?

It was really hard.

- Well wasn't that the amount you were asked to raise?

- Yes.

- Plus an extra fifty cents.

- The senior fundraisers?

Yeah, they raised seventy-six thousand last term.

- Well, the deadline was this afternoon

and I think you'll find that Mr. Coxhead

will want to thank us effusively in person.

- Aha.

[bell ringing]

- Sorry.

- There's no need to thank us.

- Okay. Great.

I thought you were nowhere near your target?

- Last minute quiz night wine sales exceeded expectation.

- And I hired the hall out as a movie location

over the holidays.

It's about a vampire who learns to break dance.

- But not this December?

- Yes for this December.

- Holiday Programme need the hall.

The classroom they normally use was destroyed in the fire,

which may or may not have originated there.

I'm sorry, kids come first.

You'll have to cancel and keep trying.

- Can't they just use another room?

- If you can find somewhere for them,

you can hire out the hall.

- Challenge accepted.

- Are you ladies joining us for assembly this afternoon?

- Yes, we can do the chairs.

[uplifting music]

- Hey, Mia G.

- Hi.

- So what are you gonna do for the school holidays?

- Not go to school?

- Same.

- You're lucky I practise gratitude

or I'd be really annoyed with you.

- You didn't think to check the dates

before you booked out the hall?

- The senior fundraisers said it was free.

- They think they're so funny.

- Just cause their kids can do joiny-upy writing.

It can't be over, we have till 3 to find a home

for Holiday Programme, hire the hall and swim in the praise.

And the pool.

Keep setting up for assembly.

I got this.

- Everyone knows Holiday Programme started the school fire.

- Come on, can't you help us out?

Remember what High School Musical says?

- Stick to the Status Quo?

- No, we're all in this together.

- Sorry, I'm running a 'Reading is way cooler than YouTube'

programme in the library over the holidays.

Try the teachers.

- Absolutely not.

- Oh, come on.

Remember what High School Musical says?

- Get'cha head in the game?

- Look, the money we'll raise will help

a lot of kids at this school.

You know Holiday Programme started the school fire, right?

- Well, that was an unsubstantiated rumour.

- Don't bother asking any of the other teachers.

We spend hours of our own time, and money,

setting up our classrooms.

No one is gonna let those little fire-starters in.

- Phil!

- Sorry, I think I hear my students calling.

- I still have options.

- Good luck with those.

[laughing]

- So that's a yes for tents on the field?

- Nah.

I actually run an underprivileged girls soccer clinic here,

it's called "Everybody wants balls".

- Feminism thanks you for your service.

- Oh, no worries.

- And you are?

- Here to ask if we can use your office

over the school holidays.

- Sorry, I use it for a mentoring programme for teen mums

who want to get into office administration.

- That's really noble.

- We failed.

Holiday Programme get the hall,

we don't get ten grand and the junior playground

will never get the bark it so desperately needs.

- All is not lost. Despite my better judgement

I posted a request on the school Facebook page

asking for a corporate sponsor.

- Do you ladies need help with anything?

- No, thank you.

- Anyway as I was saying

before that annoying dad interrupted.

- I can still hear you.

- Finally, a working mum has offered to help us real mums.

- All mums are real mums.

- And technically we're all working.

- Well, I identify as a real mum.

- Agree to disagree.

- No.

Anyway.

[uplifting music]

- I'm Molly's mum.

- Oh, I loved Molly in the school play.

I really believed she was getting kidnapped by the Moon.

- Our company's keen to do some community outreach

to offset some bad publicity we had recently.

- What happened?

- It's not important, what is important

is that we have money to burn and I've a burning desire

to help the school, since it got burnt.

- Ah, looks like working mums are people too.

- We'll see.

- I'm afraid I can only manage 10K?

Is that enough?

- Yes. - Yes.

- Easy. I'll transfer the cash this afternoon.

- The school can finally finish

the mural about perseverance.

- You are gonna love our vitality drink for kids.

- Your what now?

- It has all natural colours with locally sourced caffeine,

organic taurine and only twelve tablespoons of pure,

fair trade sugar.

[upbeat music]

- If our new energy drink sponsors Holiday Programme

we can stage some hilarious non-staged videos

with the kids for our viral campaign.

- Then would we say that kids need energy drinks?

- Brax needs less energy.

- We need ten thousand dollars.

- It's called Boom and it has yet to be proven

to cause spleen issues.

- Yikes. - Let the woman speak.

I assure you it's perfectly safe,

as long as it's not consumed with, oh!

- With what? - Sorry, I'm gonna take this.

- With what?

With what?

Look, I know that the school needs computers

with a G key but we can't take dirty energy drink money.

Can we?

- But it'll get us to our fundraising goal,

maybe some like, hand drawn thank you card.

- What do you think, Hine?

- Nah.

- 'Cause the school and parents won't approve?

- Yeah.

- But people will think we've failed

just because we didn't succeed.

- We've raised over sixty-five thousand dollars,

that's more than enough to fix the pool

and finish the outline on the netball court.

- We've still got a few hours.

Maybe we could auction off lost property?

I think Jaden's Mum's already cleared it out.

- Kia ora junior fundraisers.

- It's us, the senior fundraisers.

- I heard you didn't make the 75k?

- Yeah, no thanks to you.

Why did you tell me the hall was free?

- Because my kid is leaving and I don't care anymore.

- Then why are you here?

- The senior parents are throwing us

a thank you morning tea

and we'll undoubtedly be given flowers

so we're looking for vessels to keep our thanks fresh.

- The parents are throwing you a party?

- And you're not invited, it's for seniors only.

Aren't the grateful junior parents throwing you a party?

Oh that's right, they've got nothing to be grateful for.

The junior mums have decided

to focus their energy on more important things.

- Actually, we landed a corporate sponsor

so we will be reaching our goal.

- Whatever.

Anyway we're off to get flowers

mostly made up of green filler

and the second cheapest bottle of bubbles they can find.

Ka kite.

- I thought you were against kids promoting energy drinks?

- I've got a plan.

- You haven't steered us wrong yet.

- History would argue otherwise.

- Sorry, just a minor disagreement

as to whether "mood altering"

should be classified as a side effect or a bonus.

- How would you feel about doing

your viral videos with mums instead of kids?

- Nice.

- Not bad.

Sleep-deprived mums might see the appeal of an energy drink.

- Yeah, and we would be happy to do it,

you know to help the school.

- Yeah. Not to reach some silly goal

and just rub some mums faces in it.

- What she said.

- Oh, you are very average looking.

Pretty but not pretty enough to be intimidating.

And you all look exhausted.

Let's film a little audition tape for the boys

down at head office. I'll get some shirts and some Boom

and, yeah, some more flattering light.

[upbeat music]

- Um, oh, just quick question:

I thought that the drinks name was Boom?

- It is, but due to copyright issues

we're using the German spelling.

The umlaut lengthens the U to an oo sound.

The kids'll get it.

- Oh, yeah, they do love German pronunciation.

- And you're not worried that people

might think that it says something else?

- That was my concern.

- Nope. Not everyone reads their food.

Right, let's open those cans.

Okay. We'll do anything to help the school

get scooter racks that actually fit scooters.

- Is it supposed to crackle like that?

- It's fun, right?

- Mm, reka.

- Oh, I probably should have checked but none of you

have had citrus in the past 24 hours, have you?

- Yes.

- Oh, you should be fine.

Right, here we go.

[upbeat rock music]

- Oh, I'm starting to feel that organic taurine kicking in.

My hair is vibrating.

- I can't. Not at all. Not one little bit. Not yet.

- Um, why don't you tell us a bit about yourselves first?

- Kia ora, we're the hard-working mums

of the Junior Fundraising Committee.

- Yeah we are! Whoa!

- Is my voice echoing?

And we need a lot of energy to help raise kids and funds,

that we thought we'd thought we'd already raised

but just seem to keep on going.

And it's not important that no one appreciates

our hard work.

This is starting to make me feel a little angry,

is that normal?

- Cut.

Sorry, someone's singing,

"For they are jolly good fundraisers."

- It's those damn senior parents

thanking those smug mother Fundraisers.

- I hope they're allergic to their flowers.

- I hope their bottle of wine is to be shared between them.

- Yeah, we've been working our butts off all year,

and nobody's noticed!

- And for what!

So we can stand around wearing bum shirts?

- This school sucks butt.

The parents don't care. The staff don't care.

And don't get me started on the dads.

- Oh yeah, totally!

Man, this stuff is strong. I like it.

- Yeah.

- That is perfect.

- Oh, wait, what?

- That'll really resonate with our target market,

since most mums feel under-appreciated.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no!

- Jess!

- Hey!

Molly's mum!

You can't use that.

- But it's exactly the embarrassing viral confession

that'll really get Boom noticed.

- But we were just venting.

- Yeah, and what happens at Kate Sheppard

stays at Kate Sheppard.

- We were kinda saying some bad things about the school?

- Yeah, and the staff and the parents.

Yeah, and it might sound a teensy bit

like we don't practise gratitude.

- You've already signed the release forms,

this is going on YouTube ASAP.

I'm sorry ladies but this video

is both embarrassing and lucrative.

- I could take her.

Jess, do you want me to take her?

- Okay, okay, mum to mum, please delete that video.

- Don't pretend I'm in your little gang.

I'm a full time working mum.

Work think I'm lazy for leaving early on Fridays

and school mums, like you, think I'm a bad parent

because I missed my daughter's play.

- I can't win.

- That's not true. Wait. Wait!

Molly was the lead, right?

- Oh, Cinnamon was the crucial role of Moon Zombie Three.

- Braxton was a Pukeko Pirate.

I missed it because I was receiving an award

for working mothers.

- Well I didn't. In fact, I filmed the whole thing.

If you delete your video, I will give you mine.

Come on. Remember what High School Musical says?

- No, I never saw it.

- High School Musical reminds us we're all in this together.

- Yeah.

- Okay, while mums like us hold down the fort at school,

mumma's like you make sure

we've still got a voice in the real world.

Babes, we're all on the same team.

- Yeah, boy.

- Fine. I'll delete it.

The lads at the office

would probably want to change it to dads anyway.

- Dads are such thunder stealers.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

You know I can't give you the money now?

Yeah I know.

- And I'll need those shirts back.

Now. I'll need them back now. Off you go.

[upbeat music]

- And that's why the solution is less pollution.

[audience clapping]

- Thank you for that excellent rap about global warming.

Now it is time for junior certificates.

So, from Room 1: Cinnamon Maloney

for excellent persuasive speaking.

[audience cheering]

Braxton Hicks, for keeping his hands to himself.

[audience cheering]

And from Room 2: Ryan Nutt for outstanding artwork.

- Yes, Ryan! Woo!

[audience cheering]

- Now before I let these children go,

I have three more certificates I have to give out.

These ones are for effort and perseverance.

Could these children's Mums please come to the stage.

These ladies' are the Junior Fundraising Committee.

They have raised over $65,000 this year

and on behalf of the school, I would like to thank them.

[audience cheering]

Woo!

[uplifting piano music]

Ah, I've just been informed that Sara's dad

has donated $10,000 to these ladies' efforts,

which means that our fire damage rebuild

can start over the holidays.

Woo!

[audience cheering]

- [Audience] Sara's Dad!

Sara's Dad!

Sara's Dad!

Sara's Dad!

Sara's Dad!

- Did that dad just totally steal our thunder?

- Yes.

We don't need thunder.

Sara's dad!

Sara's dad!

- Oh, that was a bit nice.

- They didn't have to do that.

- Mine's going straight on my fridge.

- Ladies, just came to help you with the chairs.

- While our classes watch a Ted Talk on independence.

- You know what I learned today?

- To check whether the hall is booked

before you hire it out?

- No. That we're not the only people

who work extra hard for this school.

Thank you.

- It's just a chair.

- Phil?

- Yes? - We really appreciate you.

- I think I hear my students calling me.

[uplifting music]

- Hello Margot, I would just like

to say thank you for all your help this year.

- Oh, no problem, Jess.

- And, thank you for the certificates.

- Well you ladies really made a difference.

- Oh.

- And you know what High School Musical says?

- We're all in this together.

- See you next year.

- Yeah.

- Oh.

Are you okay?

Is he okay?

[upbeat music]

- I think Molly's Mum was a little bit jealous

of our Junior Fundraising Committee.

- She called us a gang.

- Yeah, we are.

- Mean.

[upbeat guitar music]

♪ Can you come around

♪ Keep me company

♪ Share our time just a little bit longer, baby you and me ♪

♪ Can I hear your words

♪ That you say so gracefully

♪ Find a play drenched in sun

♪ That we can make believe

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

♪ Fearing of us wasting time

♪ But you and I

♪ We will fly

♪ Take my hand and hear my side ♪

♪ Covering our voices in each little send with replies ♪

♪ Wondering when next I'll see those eyes ♪

♪ Like rivers

♪ [upbeat music]