Take Home Pay
Two brothers, Alama and Popo arrive for the first time in New Zealand as seasonal workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst when Popo steals Alamas' money. Determined not to return home empty handed, Alama puts out a call to for help but the only relative that answers is Bob Titilo a wannabe private investigator. Bob and Alama's search for Popo takes them on a chase which has them finding a lot more than what they are looking for...
Primary Title
- Take Home Pay
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 23 December 2023
Start Time
- 20 : 40
Finish Time
- 22 : 30
Duration
- 110:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- Two brothers, Alama and Popo arrive for the first time in New Zealand as seasonal workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst when Popo steals Alamas' money. Determined not to return home empty handed, Alama puts out a call to for help but the only relative that answers is Bob Titilo a wannabe private investigator. Bob and Alama's search for Popo takes them on a chase which has them finding a lot more than what they are looking for...
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- Samoan
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Brothers--Drama
- Samoans--New Zealand--Drama
- Seasonal labor--New Zealand--Drama
- Theft--Drama
- Feature films--New Zealand
- Feature films--Samoa
Genres
- Action
- Comedy
Contributors
- Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa (Director)
- Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa (Writer)
- Vito Vito (Actor)
- Ronnie Taulafo (Actor)
- Tofiga Fepulea'i (Actor)
- Simon Clark (Actor)
- Lucinda Hare (Actor)
- Yvonne Maea-Brown (Actor)
- David Tua (ctor)
- Abba-Rose Vaiaoga-Ioasa (Producer)
- Andrew Faleatua (Composer)
- Jack Woon (Editor)
- Cadness Street (Production Unit)
- M2S1 Films (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Brothers--Drama
- Samoans--New Zealand--Drama
- Seasonal labor--New Zealand--Drama
- Theft--Drama
- Feature films--New Zealand
- Feature films--Samoa