(WIND HOWLS) (VEHICLE APPROACHES) (BOUNCY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (ENGINE REVS, HISSES) (ENGINES SCREECH) (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Life is not always going to be easy. If you think you've got all your feathers in a box and it's all fluffies, and then life just comes along and kicks it, and there's feathers everywhere. It honestly feels like I want to stand up, get outside, and just scream, 'Argh!' (MUSIC CONTINUES) (TATTOO GUN BUZZES) - Getting a tattoo means I'm beginning to be an adult. Pretty cool, right? - I think you're doing better than I did, Jords, to be honest with you. - TATTOOIST: And I'll confirm that. - Oh, shut your hole. - People with tattoos are really tough. - All done. - Now, I've got one, and I'm pretty tough. (LAUGHS) - It's there forever! - Whoop, whoop! (MUSIC CONTINUES) - Where I am right now, it's like, 'Where do I go?' - MAN: What are you doing, princess? - (SIGHS) Adults around here expect us to know what we want to do, to know where we're going, but, like, we're looking at them, and it's like, 'What are you doing with your life?' What have you been doing? - Just changing the bro's tyre. - Is that it? - He's on the run. Yeah. - I don't think I'm going to get anywhere here in Waitara unless I start making money moves, (LAUGHS) which is not happening. Ice Cream! - CHILD: Oh, she's coming back` - Hey, she's going back inside. Oi! Oi! www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 (ENGINE REVS) (SEAGULL CAWS) (DOWNBEAT ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - I honestly think about what my life could have been if the old man stuck around. But then I would have lost a lot of time with Grandad. It's actually good being able to be over 18 and actually have a beer here. - (LAUGHS) It makes a difference, eh? - Yeah, not being 8 and running around. - (LAUGHS) - Grandad used to run the show down at the Masonic Tavern. It's like Waitara's watering hole, and I suppose that's how Pat got famous. Famous piss man Pat. - I was the old school publican ` no fighting inside and don't bleed on the buildings. (BOTH LAUGH) Bleed everywhere you like, but don't put blood on the building. - I'm going to have to wash it off in the morning. - If you had trouble with them, the last thing you'd do was go to the cops, because you were friends. You knew their parents. You knew their grandparents. - (LAUGHS) Go and grab their old man. - Yeah. You just go and ring the old man up and go and say to the old man, 'You know, this little prick is giving me a bit of a hard time.' You know what I mean? He'd say, 'Yeah, I'll sort it out.' - (LAUGHS) Yeah. Next day, the little prick would come and apologise to ya. (BOTH LAUGH) - I knew if Mum was at work, safe house was the bottle store cos that's where Grandad was, 'and he took a dad role when mine left, you know? 'And I could forever owe him the respect for doing that, you know?' Feels like you're in pressure` you're under pressure when you're in this town, or, I don't know. Lately, it's everybody wants a piece of Axle. Fuck, there's just no more pieces to give, eh? - (LAUGHS) You see a lot of children grow up without fathers, but his father is a good guy. His father is a decent guy. I think it's a shame. They've got so much they could complement each other with. Well, the door's always open. (LAUGHS) It's, um... I think one day, it will happen. That would be bloody incredible if it did. So, what's the guts for tomorrow? You want the Mustang, or...? - Yeah, I'll swap ya. You take` - Oh, friggin' hell. You're not gonna get` - You take my car. I'll drive your car. - (LAUGHS) Your car? You wouldn't handle a friggin'` - Nah, you wouldn't give mine back. - Nah. Oh, yeah. Right. The bastard would blow up before I got back. - I think I've been through more cars than I have women, to be honest. - I doubt that. (BOTH LAUGH) - They haven't costed me as much ` cars. Innocent until proven guilty. Nah. (DREAMY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (DISHES CLATTER) (BRUSH SCRUBS) - I'm 26, and I scan food for a living. I want people to be scanning me instead. 'Beep.' (CHUCKLES) I can't just sit here living with my mum in Waitara, just waiting for something to happen. Auckland is where it happens. I don't even know how it works, but I'm just going to call up all the acting agencies and see where it goes. 'I'm looking to enquire about talent.' OK. It's ringing. (DIAL TONE) Hello, this is Leon Green speaking. I'm just ringing in regards to find out how I can enquire about auditionings for reality TV shows. If it's possible that I could please get a callback, that would be awesome. Hi! I'm just ringing my regards about how I could enquire for auditionings for TV programmes. Oh, goodbye. Hi. I'm just ringing in regards to enquire about how I can take part in auditionings. - WOMAN, OVER PHONE: Have you got any experience in acting? - Um, I` I did do performing arts when I was younger at high school, and I've done catwalk modelling, and I've recently just took part within a reality show called Zombody Save Me. - You're probably best to look for someone who represents general talent. - OK. Thank you. Bye. - Bye. - God, I suck at this shit. (CHUCKLES) Oh, it's so hard! Oh, it's just like applying for a job at Work and Income. OK. (DIAL TONE) - WOMAN, OVER PHONE: Hello, Mish speaking. - Hi! I'm just ringing in regards to find out how I can apply for reality TV shows. I'm from a small town called Waitara. I work at Countdown as a online checkout operator. I'm very bubbly. (LAUGHS) I'm very outgoing. Brown eyes, uh, feminine. Is it OK to announce my sexuality as gay? - Yeah, that's really good. Leon, I think the best thing is for you to send me a quick self-tape of you doing a monologue or a scene, so that we can just, you know, have a little look at you. - Yeah, I can totally do that. (LAUGHS) To make my own monologue ` it's pretty awesome. I just can't have you working here any more, and the reason being is... is that you're an arsehole. Just come to mind that we're all arseholes. Everyone's an arsehole. Even you. You're an arsehole. It's just that you're an arsehole. (CHUCKLES) You're an arsehole. That was shit. OK, look, Steve. OK, look, bitch! Nah. Nah, I can't do that. (GROANS) You need to go beyond... your arsehole. (LAUGHS) Oh my... OK. OK. (GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC) - This is so not going to fit. The car's, like, 1.5m. - Oh, what? - I think it was COVID. The studio got shut down, so I didn't really have a place to pole. This is so risky. - Put the hand on it. - Once we started back at work, Papa went on his little mission to find me a pole that was sturdy enough. (SIREN WAILS) Copper. - Go, mate. He's looking for you. - So, I've been waiting ages to put this in. Me and Papa's relationship is pretty cool. He's always been the one to, like, guide me. (POLE CLANGS) Wait. Where are you gonna put it? - You told me we're putting it here. - That's an ugly-ass backdrop. - Shush. - 'Papa always taught us that if you want to do something, you've got to find a way to make that happen.' Do you reckon that'll be stable? - Oh, well, I don't know. I'm not a pole dancer. - (LAUGHS) - I want it in a metre at least. (UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC) - Teone is... my first ever boyfriend ` like, ever. He's the first person I've ever let move in with me and invade my privacy and space. - Oh, that's hardening up already. Hell. Look at that. How's that? Bubble's dead-centre. - (CHUCKLES) - Here. - Cheers. - TEONE: Oh, hard day's work. - It's all right, though, eh? - Yeah. Probably should have taken that hat off before we put it up. (LAUGHS) - Nah, that's your job to climb up there and get it off. You're the only one who can climb the pole. - (LAUGHS) - Okey dokey. - Good night. - For you, still. - (LAUGHS) Russiaan's my gay brother. We haven't been that close, really, but since I've been living here at my nan's with him, we've been getting along. - Don't` Vada, you don't need to hold the bottle. - Yeah, we do. My grandparents brought us up. My mum had just had me, and in two weeks, she left me at my auntie's house and she didn't come back for me ` like, literally just born, and she left us. - Watch out. It's heavy. - 'My great-granddad ` I was really close with him. 'He passed away last year in August. 'He's cremated here at my nan's.' - And get his photo. About time he'd come out for a drink. - Papa. Cheers, Nan. - Cheers, dear. - 'We were living in Perth. 'When I was 15, we moved to Waitara ` here.' I miss his smile, eh? 'It was a massive change.' Yeah. I don't know. I can't really say much about here. I don't like it! (CHUCKLES) Here is not... fun, Nan. - You have heaps of fun! - (CHUCKLES) Yeah, partying. That's about it. In Australia, we would have had much more to do. - It's whatever you make it, Vada. - Yep. - If you want to party all your life, party. (BOTH LAUGH) - I'd never smoked weed in Australia. First day I came here, I had a can cone in the bush. Like, it was weird. - All those people up there ` they are all looking over us. - Yep. - All looking over us, Vada ` always. - I think I would have been a totally different person if I was still in Australia. - As long as you're happy. That's all. You'll be more happy when you get a job. - Yeah. Routine. That's what I need back. That's when I used to be happy. - Cos you had a purpose. - Yeah. - Mm. - Now, I don't know where my worth is. It's on the liquor bottle right now. (LAUGHS) - You're an egg. You're such an egg, hey? Tape your mouth up sometimes. - (LAUGHS) I just want to know who my mum is, or, you know, I just want to be loved by her at least. Like, I want to know what` All these other girls around here love their mums so much, and then me, I was like, 'Ugh.' (MOODY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) Love you, Grandad, but I'm done. (BALLS BOUNCE) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (PENSIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Hm. That's interesting. 'Man reached Americas up to 30,000 years ago.' - Ah. 'Archaeologists collecting samples for ancient DNA analysis in a cave.' That's cool. It makes us seem old. - You are old. - It's two years. It's not a big gap. - It is a huge gap. You're really old. You're, like, ancient. I've been stuck with you for how long? - Six months. It's forever. - It is forever. 'I'm quite mean to Joseph. Everyone thinks he's mean to me, 'but that's just because I'm really mean to him.' - Six months is the longest I've ever been with someone. - Mm. - What do you reckon your longest relationship was? - Shorter than six months. - You're supposed to get all excited. Like, '(GASPS) It's been six months!' - (SNICKERS) - Jump up and down with joy. - Yeah. 'We work really well together. He just makes me feel special.' Today at lunchtime, we are having a school concert. - Are you nervous for your performance? - Yep. Like, really, really nervous, cos I'll probably get it wrong. - What's it about? - 'Well, I wrote the song for him, so it's kind of scary to think he's going to be there listening.' Someone. Not you. - Yeah. (SNICKERS) 'It's quite nerve-wracking having him here, what I want to say to him 'but not be able to say it in normal words.' (DOG BARKS DISTANTLY) (DOWNBEAT AMBIENT MUSIC) - No. From in the sitting room, you can feed her. Go back inside. - My partner ` he's a stay-at-home dad. He used to be a foreman scaffolder. - Put a jacket on too, please. - He's in a gang. He has six kids. He only has two of them at the moment. - Good girl. - Nine months ago, his partner of 12 years left him. (TOOLS CLANK) I got real depressed when me and my ex-boyfriend broke up. I got real depressed and started doing all the drugs in the world. Instead of fixing our hearts, I fixed his heart and he fixed my heart. That's how it worked out, and then I met his two kids, and then they... we made a family. Come here. Come here. He's hungry. - Ice Cream! Come here, girl! - Come on. - Good girl! (SCREECHES) - You stink, bro. (CHUCKLES) Not you. - (LAUGHS) - I love them how I would want my mum to love me. (CHUCKLES) These two kids call me Mum, and I'm like younger` I'm 20 years old. I've never experienced having kids. Out, now. Out. Out. - Ice Cream! - Oi, you little... (CHUCKLES) - Come on. - Come on. - Good girl. - Yeah. - Go wash your hands now. Come on. - Get out! - Oh, bro. Listen, bro. Now. - Out! - (GAGS) It stinks. - Get out! - I'm going to get your father. - Get out now. - What you up to, girl? - There he is! 'I don't know where me and their dad are going to go. I just want to show them so much love,' they will never forget it. I love them so much. (ENGINE REVS) Jump the kerb! 'I've only just started to love myself, really.' Wheelie! (LAUGHS) Go. 'That's what made me love myself ` like, them telling me that I'm a good mum to them.' I think things are gonna work out. Life is going on a rollercoaster. (LAUGHS) (ENGINE WHIRRS) (MUSIC RESONATES) (ENGINES REV LOUDLY) (GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC) (RAIN PATTERS) - I've finally got a job at PAK'nSAVE. All my life... (LAUGHS) Oh. It's just amazing working, because when you work, you actually feel like you've got a purpose in life. The future in PAK'nSAVE to me looks very bright. To be honest, this is all just the beginning of what's coming. My next target would be to go up into the PAK'nSAVE butchery, and hopefully from there, I can go find a trade. (MUSIC CONTINUES) I'm just a proud, happy young man who just loves to work. Once you leave school, you're lost until you're found again, and that light that helped me find my path was a job. (LAUGHS) - How was your day, Son? - Yeah, it was good, Mum. Got a smile on my face. (CHUCKLES) Do the mahi, get the money. 'My next thing would be going for my driver's licence, because Mum's taking me. 'I'm pretty sure she's just glad that I have a job.' # Loud thunder, heavy rain. # Thin line between joy... # You ain't never gonna feel the same # living life through the night. # - There we are. (HANDBRAKE CLICKS) - Feels good. I feel like I can pull my weight in the house. Do whatever I can to help you out, Mum. (SNICKERS) - That's awesome, Son. Proud. Proud as. - So... Anything for whanau. - What about your singing? Have you thought any more about that? Because you're good at it. - Yeah. (LAUGHS) - I love listening to you sing. (LAUGHS) Love it. - I don't know what I'd do without my mother. Mum's been a solo mum for... many years. I still love my dad. I know he's still there. I know he's still here for us. One day we'll meet again,... and he'll see how far we've all come. - Yeah. Definitely love for you to pursue your music. Mm. - So, we basically just grew up with Mum. That's another reason why I need to stay home ` protect my family. - So, you gonna go to bed shortly? - Yeah. - Yep? - I'm gonna go and have a shower. - Going to do your push-ups? - Right after that. (CHUCKLES) 'Through thick and thin... - Eight... - 'my mum has been there, encouraging me to do better in my life.' - 11. Nice. 12. Keep going. - (PANTS) - 13. (EERIE PIANO MUSIC) - Well, I can't eat, I can't drink. The pain ` how do I` How do I put it? It's excruciating. - This is the tooth, OK? So, we took that filling out ` that was one leaking anyway and had a crack in the middle ` and then this root here is infected. So, you can see a big, round, like, darkish area here. I guess the decision now is what you're wanting to do with your tooth. So, to have a tooth taken out can be around $240 compared to a root canal, which can be around $800 to $1200. And obviously, you're going to be a famous TV star, so you want to have a full set of beautiful teeth. So, a bit of an investment now will pay off in the long run, OK? Yeah. I think I'll go for the root canal because I don't want to get my tooth taken. - Yeah. Yeah. You'll be sweet. Cool? - Oh my God. 1200. I don't want to get a loan just to pay off my tooth. I'd rather just pay it off weekly. - I mean all your other teeth are good, so... - I'm so scared. (LAUGHS) Oh my God! - Deep breath. Lean back. - I'm gonna get a fuckin' root canal! - (LAUGHS) OK. Pop your glasses on. - (CHUCKLES) - What's the audition? - So, I've just got to come up with a monologue and perform it. - Yeah. - You want to hear it? - Yeah, for sure. - OK. I'll be the owner. - Mm-hm. - OK. Ok. Look, Steve, I just can't have you working here anymore. The reason being is that you're an arsehole. (CHUCKLES) There's no, 'Oh, the company is downsizing' type stuff. You're just an arsehole. - (WOMAN LAUGHS) - No, hang on. Wait. There's more. - Oh, OK. (LAUGHS) Lots of arseholes. - Mm-hm. - That's an arsehole door, and that's where you exit. - (LAUGHS) All arseholes. (LAUGHS) - Did you like that? - I did. I really did. - I think I might need more work on it. All right. Stick that shit in my mouth. - OK. We ready to go? (LAUGHS) OK. Any last words, arsehole? - Don't hurt me. (ALL LAUGH) Nah, OK. (LAUGHS) Yep, OK. We're ready to go. OK. - Serious now. (LAUGHS) (EQUIPMENT WHIRRS) (MOODY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - Well, I think you have a very good flair for acting. Do you practice in the` I know you can't talk, but if I was, like, acting, I'd probably, like, practice in the mirror all the time, just so` - (CHUCKLES, MUMBLES) - No talking, arsehole. - Mm-hmm. (ALL LAUGH) (GRUNTS IN PAIN) - Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. - 'A bit of pain is not going to stop me from what I'm wanting to achieve. 'If I have to be an arsehole to make it,' bring it on, arsehole. (LAUGHS) - (GIRL SINGS INDISTINCTLY) - Yeah, I'm really stressed. It's quite scary, thinking that Joseph's gonna be there, listening to the words. He's never heard the song before. - Calm, child. Calm. In the nose, out the mouth. - This is a type of song that I haven't really done before, and I don't wanna get it wrong again. - This is exciting! - It's not exciting. It's scary. - It's exciting for me. - That's cos you're not doing anything. - Yeah, I get to sit here. - Well, Nanny told me I had to write a song because all my songs are too depressing. - Well, Nanny always chooses good songs. - Yes. So I had to` Cos one of my songs is an original. - Yeah. And I had to write a happy love song. - Was one about me? - Oh, I'm not answering that. - Oh, that's not very` You're supposed to say, 'Yes, honey. It's about you.' - 'Yes, honey. It is totally about you.' - See? - Yes. - This is fantastic that you're all here. Thank you so much for coming to our lunch time concert with some of our year 12 and 13 students performing. We have got seven awesome songs to get through` or pieces to get through, and our students have worked super hard, and you will be compelled to clap, I'm sure, at the end. - (PLAYS BLUESY TUNE) - Compared to the sporty people, the music people ` we are the school outcasts. (BAND PLAYS RELAXED TUNE) We just go out there, and we're like, 'This is us. (CHUCKLES) You can take it or leave it.' (MUSIC CONTINUES) (APPLAUSE, SCATTERED CHEERING) (MUSIC FADES) This is an original song. It's called Lucky Girl. (PLAYS GENTLE TUNE) # There's a fire in your eyes # when you look into mine. # What a lucky girl am I. # No, I can't help but fall a little bit more. # Oh, I can't help it, can't help it. # When you look at me like that, # when you call me beautiful, # and how you've always showed # you're thankful. # And how you always look into my eyes. # What a lucky girl am I. # What a lucky girl am I. # (SONG ENDS) (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) - MC: Wow, Paige. Thank you. - Well done. - Thank you. - It was awesome. It sounded great. - I vomited in the bathroom. - You vomited? (LAUGHS) Hey, I almost cried a little bit out of one eye. - Aw! - I had to do the manly thing and suck it back up. - That was scary. - Was it? - Yeah. (LAUGHS) I kept pulling faces, and I knew I did. - A little bit. - (LAUGHS) - At least they were funny faces, though. - (MC SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY) - Yeah. - I definitely think some of those lines were about me. - (SNICKERS) You don't know. - You can't not admit it. - I'm deciding to. - I reckon it was about me, so I would say it's perfect. - Yeah. 'It's easier to tell him how I feel by writing a song than it is to... 'tell him in person. (CHUCKLES)' (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (LOCK THUDS) - Laters. (CHUCKLES) - Oh, OK, see ya. - I'll catch ya later. (CHATTER) (CAR ALARM CHIRPS) (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (LOCK THUDS) - Oh. (INTENSE MUSIC) (CAR THUDS) (HORN BLARES) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (METAL CRUNCHES) (POLICE RADIO CHATTER) - (GASPS) ` Oh no. Oh no. - (HORSE WHINNIES) (KEYS CLATTER) (LIGHTS CLICK OFF) (INTENSE MUSIC) (CHUCKLES) - MAN: Good night? - Yeah, good as night. (MUSIC CONTINUES) (UPBEAT DANCE MUSIC) (CROSSING SIGNAL CHIMES) - I'm always busy just getting out and doing it. I'm gonna make that money! I want to get a flat and buy my own groceries, and I want to get a pug dog as well. At Novotel, I do the vegetables with Shabah. Hello, Shabah. - Hey, Jordyn! - 'He's hilarious. He calls the carrots bad boys.' We call` (LAUGHS) We call them bad boys. (LAUGHS) Cos there's heaps in the bag. I just love working! (SNICKERS) (VIDEO GAME SOUND EFFECTS BLARE) - I did have a job at a piggery once. It started off all right, but instead of getting used to it, my mind just went to freak-out mode and I couldn't handle it, so I ended up getting away from it. Finding a job is a little tricky, but you just have to keep going. But currently, I'm living with my parents in Waitara. Jordyn ` I think she is a good influence. She says, 'Have you got a job yet?' You know, I go, 'Not yet,' and she goes, 'Come on.' Can I look at the tattoo? Oh, it's pretty. I like the paw you got there. - Yeah. - Did it hurt at all? No. It didn't. - It looks flash. - Yeah. One day, I wanna get covered. Can't wait for you to get one too. - One day. Didn't you want to call the pug dog Floyd? - Oh, yeah! - Like Pink Floyd, but Pug Floyd. - Yeah, Pug Floyd. Yeah. Or we can watch` We can call it Cujo. - Cujo? Like on the TV? - Yeah. (GIGGLES) - So, what else have you been doing? - Um, not a lot. You know, just cruisin'. Had basketball practice yesterday. - I haven't been doing much apart from basketball practice. Right. What else have you been up to? - I dunno. - Hello! (CHUCKLES) - This and that. - (LAUGHS) What? What's so funny? - Doesn't matter. Just thinking about what we'd be doing together in the future. - I'd like... living together, marriage. - Oh, you're not there yet. - Oh, shush. - Probably sort out our jobs first. - What job would you like to do? Like, what job are you interested in? Like, get a paid job somewhere. Get a paid job. - I haven't really thought about it, really. - I might work at a restaurant one day. I wanna work at a restaurant, like, full-time. I'm part-time. - A normal one or a fancy one? - Fancy one, like Novotel. - Yeah. Fancy. - I wanna work there. What job will suit you? Maybe some bar work? - At one time, I did think about being a bouncer ` kick people out of the pub. - (SNICKERS) Really? - Nah. Probably have to train for that. - What sort of bouncer would you like to be? - They have to be rough, so probably a... ruthless, rough person. - A bad one? (CHUCKLES) - Not bad at my job. Bad guy. - A bad guy? - (GRUNTS) Fake ID ` bugger off. - (LAUGHS) (DREAMY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) - I think having a pole in the backyard was one of my best ideas, until I figured out aluminium was really weak. (SNICKERS) Just didn't work out as well as I thought it was going to. LAUGHS: It had a huge wobble. (MUSIC CONTINUES) I think me and Papa need to come up with a better plan. Until we sort out a better pole, I'm going to use my friend's home studio. I never would have thought (CHUCKLES) I'd be in, like, a relationship living with my partner only, like, two weeks into it. It's a lot to get used to ` having someone in my space. - What's your routine that you start off with? - How do I start a routine? - Show us some moves. - (LAUGHS) Show us some moves! (LAUGHS) (CLEARS THROAT) Nah, he's a sweetheart. I think that's what I need to do cos I'm such a heartless cunt. So, I was like, that was a good switch. Polar opposites for sure. Have you ever been on a pole before? - Yep. (CLEARS THROAT) Yeah, I have. Drunk, though ` at a club. - What can you do? - Climb it and spin around. - (LAUGHS) Frog spin? - Nah, I'd look like an idiot. - From what I've known, he's always been in a relationship. Like, I feel like he fears being alone, whereas me, I'm different. I love being alone. - I know your auntie was like, 'Oh, what's going on here?' I was like, 'I've officially moved in, finally.' - (LAUGHS) She's like, 'Oh, wow!' And when she came` - That was quick! - Yeah. - You're like my first relationship in, like, five years. - Yeah. - I hate people. - Mm. - I mean, you're all right, I guess. (LAUGHS) Nah, I'm so in love with you! (BOTH LAUGH) Jokes. 'He's taught me how to be a little selfish, and like, not everything is just mine. 'Now, it's like everything is ours.' You need to loosen up a bit, though. - (LAUGHS) I think Teone is still stuck in, like, that high-class city kid shit. But Waitara is completely different. Like, violence is real. He learnt that the hard way. Can you remember, like, what happened? - No. - You don't? Not at all? - I have, like, a four-hour memory loss. - I think you got into, like, a little altercation with one of the boys. Yeah. You guys just started fighting, and then he dragged you outside, and then I think that's when he broke your ribs. - Hmm. Two broken ribs. My whole face. I looked demented. - How did you get home after`? - I walked back to my sister's. - You walked? - Yep. That's when she saw me, like, fully covered in blood, and then she called the ambulance, and then the ambulance called the police. Yeah, and then the rest of the morning in hospital. - I'm surprised you even got home. - I'm surprised I was still alive. - Do you remember our fight? - No. - No, you were just really intoxicated. You were such an arsehole. - I know. - That's why you can't drink any more. (LAUGHS) 'I think in order for Teone to keep living here, he's got to adapt. If you're gonna live here, you've got to be a little more hard-bone.' - So, when I was living in Auckland, that's never happened to me before. - Waitara is a completely different place. (CHUCKLES) - Yeah. - It's the hood. (LAUGHS) I want to make him heartless. (CHUCKLES) Make him a man. (LAUGHS) (AIRY ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (RESONANT PIANO MUSIC) - At the moment, I am working at PAK'nSAVE. Just doing some shifts, earning money, enjoying my job. I don't think I'll ever stop singing. Singing is one of my biggest passions in the world. I'm not sure if I do have a future in music yet, because as long as people are happy and they enjoy me singing, that's all I need for currency. (DOORBELL CHIMES) Hello! Can I come in? - No! You're a bloody stranger! - (LAUGHS) - (LAUGHS) Kia ora, brother. - 'George, to me ` I feel like he's my guardian.' Pleasure to be back, eh? (LAUGHS) - Where the hell have you been for the last six weeks? Hiding in the PAK'nSAVE. - Yeah? - 'This one time, my auntie took me down to the country club after I finished singing a song. 'I got pulled aside by an amazing Maori man and his beautiful wife ` George and Jocelyn `' and immediately, he said, 'Boy, I'm going to take you under my wing. We're going to get you far.' - You've been missing. - What do you mean? You've got a phone, or have you run it over? - Uh, my good phone's been ran over. Yes. (LAUGHS) - Friggin' heck! - (JOCELYN LAUGHS) How's your voice? - Bit rusty. (LAUGHS) I haven't sung in a while. - On Monday night, we're going to go on Live. Yeah. Would you like to appear? 7 o'clock, Monday. - You can be our guest artist. - You've got a talent that wants to be seen outside of the house, and by quite a few people. Right? You up for the challenge? - I accept the challenge. (LAUGHS) - All right. - Ooh. (LAUGHS) - All right. You're on. - Choice. - What is it that we're trying? (LAUGHS) - Are we going to do Mum? And the biggest part about this is feel... feel the song. Put feeling into your song, and I tell you, I've had people cry in the audience because I've sung to them. That's what I want to see from you, because you can do it. You've got the potential and you have the voice. So go for it, OK? - (LAUGHS) (GROUP PLAYS GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC) # Oh, Mum, # I love you. # Yes, I do. 'My mother said that deep in the bloodlines of the O'Carrolls, we're related to Prince Tui Teka. 'That's a reason why his songs mean a lot to me.' # I'll be home # very soon. # I... 'George has actually made me realise the amount of potential I have. 'So, without George, my potential might have just been locked away for who knows how long.' # ...to hold # you in my arms # once more. # God, # please... # (MUSIC FADES) (UPBEAT FOLK MUSIC) - JOHN: Ready for dinner? - JORDYN: Indian? - Yeah, that's right ` Indian food. - 'Haere mai.' I haven't been here before. - Hi. - Hello! - Do you have a table for two? - Table for two? Yep. Cool. I've got a table right over there, my friend. - Thanks so much. - I'll get back to you, all right? - OK. All good. Thank you. - Ooh, yum. - 'John loves me so much. He loves me to bits and pieces. 'I like him, but he needs to get a real job first, and then, we'll sort out marriage and stuff.' I was thinking to get the butter chicken, and we might get some naan bread. - Butter chicken? Oh, there's the butter chicken. - Oh, yay. Yum. Yay. I don't know what kind of wedding we're going to have. We might have it at the beach, or might have it` I don't know where. - Cheers. - Cheers. I'll probably be Mrs Jordyn... I'm thinking I will be Mrs Jordyn, I think. I just so want it so badly! (LAUGHS) I want it so badly! What are these called? - WAITER: All right. So, that's known as poppadom, which is made up of uradal, and it's basically like a lentil. - Oh. - OK. - Yep, and that's been, like, deep-fried. - Papa John. - (LAUGHS) - Papa Jordyn. - Can I try some of your butter chicken? - Sure. You go. - Yum! - This is my first single time I had Indian. It's actually pretty yum. - Is it? That's good, then. (SOFT INDIAN MUSIC PLAYS) - What do you think about marriage? - I have` - Are you excited for that, when the day comes? - Yeah. - Do you want to get married? - Yeah. Do you? - Obviously. You're a beautiful woman! The love of my` Love of my life. - 'I don't know if it's going to happen because he hasn't got a job yet. 'Cos I've been working my butt off all week.' - I know what my bachelor party will be like. - Oh, yeah? - It'll be pretty wild. I plan to, um... have a man's night. None of this going clubbing. Like, I mean, like, real man stuff, like guns, explosions, and, you know, driving cars and crashing each other. - Been together for two years now. - Yeah. And many more. You enjoyed yourself? - (LAUGHS) Yes. - That's good. - Oh. Whoa! (LAUGHS) - (CHUCKLES) - Kissing in public. Ew. - What's wrong with that? We're on a date. - It's weird. - Oh. So, you enjoyed that` tonight's meal? (CONTEMPLATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (MUFFLED LAUGHTER, CONVERSATION) - The pole was definitely a lot weaker than I thought. I thought it was going to be able to hold me. so I think we need to get, like, a stainless steel pole ` something that's a little bit stronger. - Nice, straight pole. - Could do another batch of concrete. - 'Nan and Teone's relationship is pretty cool, 'but I think his relationship with Papa is still getting there 'because Papa's still kind of rocky with that. Like` (LAUGHS) 'Still getting over the fact that I've got a boyfriend. (LAUGHS)' This is so good. But I have work tomorrow and it's past my bedtime. - Oh, it's only... 20 to 9. All good? - Mm. - 'Growing up, Papa has always called me Baby. 'Like, even to this day, I'm 21 and he still calls me Baby.' Papa doesn't even know. He doesn't know what anything is. - I don't think Papa knows. - He doesn't. - What's going on? (ALL LAUGH) - Me, I'm pretty open with, like, my sexuality and everything. Like, there's no closed book at all. - I used to always call him Baby. That's it. He's always been my baby, and he hates it, but... - As I've grown, he's grown with me, so it's kind of been a good thing for the both of us. (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC) (WAVES CRASH) Captions by Cameron Grigg. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Copyright Able 2020 - I think the world is ready for me. I've got talent. You better watch out. - WOMAN: Thank you for waiting. - There's some real new shit in town. - You have to get your big girl panties on and let's go. - I want to be a city boy. I'm not like this little country pumpkin. - If something goes wrong, send me $200 at least. - Every time, all the time, they're like, 'Fraser's gonna be way sicker than you. 'He's gonna get way more girls and everything, bro.' - I definitely think the big boy pants actually fit me now. Got my head screwed on, and... Yeah. Yeah, definitely think I've grown up. - Supporting local content so you can see more of New Zealand on air.