THEY'VE BEEN FLOCKING TO THEIR GIGS FOR YEARS. WE STARTED AT A LOUNGE BAR CALLED 'KOI' IN BROAD BEACH, PERFORMING FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. KEVIN IS THE KORO OF THE GROUP WHO HAILS FROM TE ATI AWA. I USED TO BUSK IN WELLINGTON AND THAT'S HOW I MET DANNY, A LONG TIME AGO. # HE IS VERY VERY EXTRAORDINARY. # DANNY, A PROUD SAMOAN MAORI, WAS THE FIRST TO MOVE ACROSS THE DITCH, ENCOURAGING KEVIN TO JOIN HIM SOON AFTER. GOSH, WE'RE STILL HERE. I'M 47, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THE RUNNING MAN. (LAUGHS) BUT WE CAN STILL HOLD OUR OWN, YOU KNOW? COS WE BRING SO MUCH EXPERIENCE. THEY PICKED UP THEIR THIRD MEMBER NUZ HERE AT THE KOI LOUNGE 8 YEARS AGO. # OH, I THINK THAT I FOUND MYSELF A CHEERLEADER. # SO I JUST ROCKED UP THERE AND I SAID, BOYS, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.' AND HE GOES, 'OH, YOU WANNA COME SING?' I WAS LIKE, 'OH, YUP.' SO I JUMPED UP THERE AND, TYPICAL ME, I'M FULL OF CONFIDENCE AND COS I KNEW ALL THE MOVES AND I KNEW HOW IT ALL WENT DOWN, SO I JUST GOT THE MIC AND JUST DID MY THING. IF NUZ LOOKS FAMILIAR, IT MIGHT BE FROM HIS DAYS ON THE TV SHOW 'THE GC.' BUT IT'S WITH DANNY AND KEVIN THAT HE'S FOUND HIS VOICE. THE TRIO DON'T TAKE THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY, BUT KNOW HOW TO ENTERTAIN. # MY MUMMA, SHE TOLD ME, 'DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR SIZE.' # YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD HERE, BOTH KEVIN AND I, FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS FORGING A CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. ALBEIT AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL, THAT'S AS HIGH AS WE GOT. # NO, I WON'T BE NO STICK FIGURE, SILICON BARBIE DOLL. # BUT, YOU KNOW, GOING ON THE VOICE HAS PUT US ON A BIGGER PLATFORM TO BE SEEN BY THE MASSES AND TO PUT US INTO THE NEXT LEVEL OF RECORDING AN ALBUM AND BECOMING RECORDING ARTISTS. YOU HEARD RIGHT, THEY'RE NOW RECORDING ARTISTS. #... TO THE MOVIES. # AND I'M NOT PROUD OF MY ADDRESS. # DESPITE EBBING KNOCKED OUT BEFORE THE LIVE SHOWS IN THE KNOCK-OUT ROUND, THE KOI BOYS HAVE BEEN SIGNED TO UNIVERSAL, AND ARE RECORDING THEIR FIRST ALBUM. THE OUSTED US BEFORE THE TOP 25, AND USUALLY IT'S THE WINNER AND ANYONE ELSE THE SEE POTENTIAL IN. BUT TO COME OUT OF LEFT FIELD? YOU RECKON I GO A BIT FASTER, EH? AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. THEY'VE NEVER SIGNED ANYONE OUTSIDE THE TOP 12. # IT'S MUCH HARDER TO COME BY... # AFTER SO MANY YEARS ON THE MUSIC SCENE, GETTING INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD THEIR FIRST ALBUM IS SOMETHING SPECIAL, AND SOMETHING NEW FOR THE OLD HANDS. # ...AND HARDER TO CLIMB. # AN ACHIEVEMENT NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR THEIR FORMER BAND MEMBERS WHO THEY'VE LOST ALONG THE WAY. CHRISTOPHER GEAR, TAJ MCCASKLE, AND TONY WILLIAMS. JUST REMEMBERING THOSE GUYS, IT'S PRETTY` IT'S MADE ME JUST GO, '(BREATHE DEEPLY)'. MM. ME TOO. THANKFUL AGAIN THAT WE'RE HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THE BEST OF WHAT MUSIC CAN GIVE, AND WE'VE ALSO SEE THE OTHER SIDE. THE VERY WORST. SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE ADD THEM TOGETHER AND, GOD WILLING, WE'LL COME OUT WITH A REALLY GOOD ALBUM. # CRISTAL, MAYBACHS, DIAMONDS ON YOUR TIMEPIECE, # JET PLANES, ISLANDS, TIGERS ON A GOLD LEASH. # SAY THAT ONE NOW. # TIGERS. # YEAH, # JET PLANES, ISLANDS, TIGERS ON A... # YEAH. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE RECORDING OUR FIRST ALBUM. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SO LONG AND WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO SHOW PEOPLE. AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH DEMAND FOR US TO RELEASE SOMETHING SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR, AND TO BE ABLE TO JUMP IN A STUDIO AN RECORD A VERY FIRST ALBUM, IT'S THE START OF SOMETHING REALLY BIG, I THINK. SO WE'RE IN UNISON ON THE 'CRYSTAL, MAYBACH?' AND HEARING THIS GUY JUST SOAR IN THE CLOUDS, AND NUZ AS WELL. JUST A REAL TOGETHERNESS OF THE THREE GUYS HERE, AND ALL WE WANT IS THE BEST FOR THE KOI BOYS. # LOVE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING. # THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE ONE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME FROM AN ENVIRONMENT OF MAGNIFICENT CALIBRE OF MUSICIANS; TUHI TIMOTI, MAX DELS, DEAN HARAWERA. TOM STOWERS. TOMMY STOWERS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE GUYS, AND NUZ IS SORT OF LIKE THE NEXT WAVE AFTER US. AND SO HIM COMING IN HAS ADDED SO MUCH, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE LIVE SHOWS. THE LADIES LOVE HIM. 'OH, YEAH, I LOVE HIM.' # SHORTY, YOU'RE MY ANGEL, YOU'RE MY DARLING ANGEL. # IT'S CLEAR THE LADIES LOVE ALL THREE OF THEM. BUT IT'S THE VOICE AND THEIR COACH JESSIE J THAT HAS TAKEN THEIR SINGING TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WE'RE GOING TO GO JESSIE J. CROWD AND JUDGES CHEER FIRST THING SHE SAID TO US WAS, 'I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN TEACH YOU.' BUT ONCE WE STARTED THE SONG SHE LIKE, 'WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.' # BABY, NOW.. # I GUESS WERE SO USED TO JUST GOING OUT THERE, DELIVERING, AND THE CROWDS ARE REALLY MADE FOR US, SO THEY'RE ALL INTO IT. 'YOU SOUND AWESOME, YOU SOUND WICKED.' YEAH. AND THEN YOU GET SOMEONE LIKE JESSIE J WHO'S BEEN GRILLED BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. YOU KNOW, SHE TOLD US HE PUT HER IN TEARS. AND SO SHE'S BRINGING THAT SORT OF ETHIC TO US AND GOING, 'NO, YOU NEED TO SMILE.' 'NOT LIKE THAT.' YEAH, 'DICTION.' OR, 'MAYBE TRY THE LINE LIKE THIS.' LIKE, SHE GAVE ME 10 DIFFERENT WAYS TO SING ONE LINE, AND I JUST COULDN'T GET ANY OF THEM, YOU KNOW? BECAUSE I WAS SO USED TO HOW I SING IT AT WORK. # IF YOU CAN MAKE YOU MIND, WE'LL NEVER... # WE'RE USED TO AUDIENCES, BUT NOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT A TV CAMERA SWINGING AROUND IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON TV, SO WE HAD TO GET IT RIGHT. # THAT KIND OF LUXE JUST AIN'T FOR US, WE CRAVE A DIFFERENT... # DANNY HOPES THIS ALBUM WILL CONTINUE THE HYPE CREATED BY THE VOICE AND ALSO ALLOW THE TRIO TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY. THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER SIDE OF US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SLOWLY INTRODUCE. BUT THE GOAL FO THIS, I SUPPOSE, IS JUST TO GET MORE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT US, AND THEN START SHOWING THOSE DIFFERENT SIDES. YEAH, MAKE A SHITLOAD OF MONEY. ALL LAUGH LET'S BE REAL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE, ALL RIGHT? ALL LAUGH # NOBODY GETS TOO MUCH HEAVEN NO MORE.. # MONEY ASIDE, THE VOICE STARS SAY THEIR KEEN TO TURN MORE CHAIRS, AS THEY TAKE ON THE NEXT STAGE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. #... TOO MUCH LOVE ANY MORE... # SO THERE'S A UNIQUE VIBE THAT, NOT ONLY DO WE SING AND DANCE, IT'S REALLY OUR... IT'S US THREE IN IT, IN THE MUSIC, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S LIKE MUSIC THAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY, MAKES PEOPLE SMILE. # LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, SWEETHEART. SH BOOM # NA REWA HARRIMAN TERA PURONGO. AFTER THE BREAK, WHY ARE THOSE MOST IN NEED OF SUDI PREVENTION INFORMATION THE LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE IT? OUR PANEL EXPLAINS NEXT. HOKI MAI ANO. MAORI BABIES ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE OF SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED INFANT DEATH OR SUDI THAN NON-MAORI. SO WHY ARE THOSE MOST IN NEED OF SUDI-PREVENTION INFORMATION THE LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE IT? THAT'S THE QUESTION POSED IN THE LATEST EDITION OF THE NZ MEDICAL JOURNAL. THE SHORT ANSWER IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AGAINST MAORI IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM. THE GOOD NEWS IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS CAN BE OVERCOME. HERE TO EXPLAIN IS THE NATIONAL MANAGER FROM WHAKAWHETU, KATHERINE CLARK AND CHILD ADVOCATE, ANTON BLANK. TENA KOROA. KIA ORA. KIA ORA. ANTON, CAN I START WITH YOU? IF CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE, GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE READ HERE, HOW WELL ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF GIVING MAORI AND POLYNESIAN ONES A GOOD START IN LIFE? I THINK IT'S A REALLY MIXED PICTURE. I THINK AT THE MOMENT, AND THAT'S EVOLVED OVER THE LAST DECADE, WE TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT CHILDREN, AND WE TALK A LOT MORE ABOUT THE EARLY YEARS. BUT STILL, WHEN WE LOOK AT MAORI AND PASIFIKA, THERE'S A LONG LONG WAY TO GO, AND, UM, AS THE ARTICLE POINTS OUT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING, MAJOR DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE HEALTH SECTOR ENGAGES WITH MAORI AND PASIFIKA FAMILIES I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD MAORI MUMS AND DADS TALK ABOUT EXAMPLES OF THIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT IF I CAN COME TO YOU, KATHERINE, TALKING TO NEW MUMS AND DADS ABOUT THE SAFE SLEEPING PRACTICES MUST BE A MAJOR KEY COMPONENT IN THE PREVENTION OF SUDI, YET ONLY 48% OF MAORI MUMS ARE GETTING THAT INFORMATION. I THINK THERE'S TWO ASPECTS IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE RESPOND TO YOUNG MAORI WOMEN. ONE IS THAT WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEM AT WHAKAWHETU. THE OTHER ONE IS THAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND QUITE A LOT OF TIME WITH THE WORK FORCE ACTUALLY ENGAGING WITH THEM AND SAYING, 'HEY, HOW CAN WE REACH THESE MUMS, UH, BETTER? 'WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON?' ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS RESEARCH IN TERMS OF HOW LESS THAN HALF OF MAORI FAMILIES ARE GETTING SUDI INFORMATION? NO. WE'RE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY. BUT THEN YOU LOOK AT POLYNESIAN PARENTS, AND THEY'RE UP AT 67%. WHAT DOES THAT PICTURE TELL YOU? I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME LOOKING AT WHAT THE RISK FACTORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SUDI. AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT FOR MAORI, WE ACTUALLY STILL DO PREFER TO HAVE BABY IN BED WITH US, AND THE WAHAKURA IS, UM, A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THEM. SLEEP SAFETY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A NEW INITIATIVE. DR DAVID TIPENE-LEACH INTRODUCED IT 10 YEARS AGO, AND IT'S ACTUALLY HAD SOME MOMENTUM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN A REAL BENEFIT FOR US. SO, ARE YOU SAYING THAT MAYBE HEALTH PRACTITIONERS DON'T KNOW THAT INFORMATION YET? I THINK THERE'S BEEN` THE JURY'S BEEN OUT IN TERMS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTH THE PEPI POD AND THE WAHAKURA, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE MINISTER OF HEALTH HAS ACTUALLY CHANGED HIS VIEW AND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT FUNDING A COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SLEEP PROGRAMME, INCLUSIVE OF WAHAKURA. UM, IT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING NOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME. KA PAI. ANTON, UM, THE REPORT LOOKS AT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS. YOU KNOW, IN THE RESULTS, IT SAYS THAT MAORI PATIENTS SAY THEY FEEL THAT WHEN THEY VISIT DOCTORS, THEY'RE NOT TREATED THE SAME AND THEY'RE NOT` THEY DON'T TRUST THEM, BASICALLY. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WELL, I THINK THAT'S REALLY BORNE OUT IN THE DATA THAT YOU QUOTED AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW. SO` AND, UM, WE'RE HEARING MORE TALK ABOUT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, SO THE POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS ADMITTED TO UNCONSCIOUS BIAS ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE FORCE. UM, A MONTH AGO, WE RELEASED A REPORT ON UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IN EDUCATION. AND, BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO INTRODUCE IT INTO THIS DISCUSSION AS A MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. AND THAT` THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE THAT WE ARE MORE LIKELY, AND FIND IT EASIER TO BUILD RAPPORT WITH, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE US. WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US, THAT THEN BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT. AND A LOT OF THE BEHAVIOUR THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS MORNING IS NOT CONSCIOUS, SO HEALTH WORKERS AREN'T SETTING OUT TO DISCRIMINATE. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING IT. SO IS THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSTITUTIONAL RACISM OR JUST RACISM? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, BUT, ALSO, INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IS ANOTHER TERM THAT'S THROWN AROUND. YES. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WELL, I THINK THAT THEY BOTH WORTH TOGETHER. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, SYSTEMIC PREJUDICE. AND, UM, BUT` ANOTHER ASPECT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT MICRO LEVEL BETWEEN HEALTH WORKERS AND THEIR CLIENTS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE BELIEVE THAT UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IS AT PLAY. SO, THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON STEREOTYPES. AND OFTEN THESE WORKERS ARE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE, SO THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AUTOMATICALLY, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'S UNCONSCIOUS, NOT CONSCIOUS, BEHAVIOUR. JUST QUICKLY ` WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE FINDING FOR MAORI WOMEN WHO WERE NOT RECEIVING EPIDURALS DURING BIRTH. THERE'LL BE LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SHAKING THEIR HEAD GOING, YOU KNOW, TERROR OR HAVING BIRTH, BUT YOU SAID IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. WHAT ELSE ARE THEY MISSING OUT ON? WELL, WE'VE RECENTLY JUST DONE A BIT OF WORK WITH THE THREE DHBS ACROSS THE AUCKLAND REGION, WHERE WE INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF MAORI WOMEN, UM, IN TERMS OF THEIR ANTENATAL CARE. AND OVERWHELMINGLY, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IF THEY ARE RECEIVING IT, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING OFFERED PERHAPS SOME OF THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE AS NON-MAORI WOMEN. BUT WHEN WE ACTUALLY START TO EXPLORE WHY, SOME OF IT IS ABOUT THE CONNECTEDNESS, LIKE ANTON ACTUALLY SAID. IT'S THAT IF YOU DON'T FEEL YOU BELONG TO THE SAME GROUPING AS THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH,... NOT GONNA SAY, 'I NEED AN EPIDURAL NOW!' YEAH, YOU DON'T FEEL AS` YOUR ABILITIES ARE COMPROMISED, ESSENTIALLY, YEAH. HOW DO WE RETRAIN, UNWIND? DOES THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BEING UNCONSCIOUSLY BIASED HAVE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT BEFORE THEY CAN CHANGE THAT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE INTERESTING IN EXPLORING IS DEVELOPING AN INTERVENTION. AND THE STARTING POINT IS TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THEIR BIASES AND THEN GIVING THEM TOOLS TO MITIGATING THOSE BIASES INTO THEIR DECISION-MAKING. AND, UM, CERTAINLY, THERE'S BEEN RESEARCH DONE IN THE UNITED STATES WORKING WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS THAT HAVE PROVEN SOME SUCCESS. WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS NOW DEVELOP A LOCAL SOLUTION. ALL INTERESTING STUFF, AND WE'LL KEEP IN CONTACT WITH YOU AS YOU'RE DOING YOUR WORK. TENA KOROA. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. KIA MAU TONU RA TE TITIRO, HEI MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA, KA KORERO MATOU KI A ANTONIO TE MAIOHA. WE CATCH UP WITH ZOOLANDER 2 STAR ANTONIO TE MAIOHA NEXT. TAHUTI MAI ANO. HE'S WORLD FAMOUS IN TE AO MAORI; NOW HE'S SET TO BE WORLD FAMOUS. ANTONIO TE MAIOHA HAS SPENT YEARS TREADING THE BOARDS IN THEATRES AROUND AOTEAROA, BUT NOW THE NGAPUHI/WAIKATO ACTOR IS ON A HIKOI TO HOLLYWOOD. OUR REPORTER RAIHA JOHNS CAUGHT UP WITH ANTONIO BACK IN AOTEAROA. WHEN I WAS LITTLE, EACH SEASON, THE ADULTS WOULD DO A PLAY, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF THEATRE, AND I LOVED HOW I SAW PEOPLE STEP INTO THESE OTHER ROLES AND HAVE FUN AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND TELL STORIES. MY COMMITMENT TO IT STARTED TO GROW FROM THERE. ANTONIO TE MAIOHA, ACTOR, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST AND STAUNCH ENVIRONMENTALIST, WAS ALWAYS DESTINED FOR THE LIMELIGHT. I TONA WA HE TUAHANGATA KOE KI TE HAUKAINGA. WHAKAARO RA NGA PAKEKE, KI TE MATEMATE RATOU KA MAHUE MAI A TE KUPENGA KIA RIRO MA O RINGARINGA MANAAKI E TIAKI. ANATONIO WAS A STREET PERFORMER UNTIL HE GOT INTO TOI WHAKAARI IN 1992. HE HAS SINCE BEEN ON XENA, HERCULES, SHORTLAND STREET AND COUNTLESS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. HIS MOST RECENT TURN WAS IN THE PLAY PURAPURAWHETU BY BRIAR GRACE-SMITH. PERFORMED IN TE REO MAORI, IT TELLS THE STORY OF A SMALL COMMUNITY THAT HAS A PAINFUL, UNACKNOWLEDGED PAST. THE CHALLENGE OF TELLING STORIES IS SOMETHING ANATONIO THRIVES ON. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THE PAY-OFFS ARE SO COOL THAT IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE OTHER TIMES. WHEN SOME BASIC SURVIVAL STUFF GETS TO BE QUITE CHALLENGING SOMETIMES. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ROLES YOU'VE PLAYED? SOMETIMES I'M LIKE 'OH, YEAH, WELL, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GOTTA KISS A GUY' (LAUGHS) HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF CALLED BARCA, A GAY GLADIATOR HE PLAYED IN THE SPARTACUS SERIES. AND ONE PART OF ME WOULD GO 'WELL IT'S JUST LIKE FEAR FACTOR EXCEPT I'M DEFINITELY GETTING THE MONEY' THERE'S A WHOLE LOT WORSE THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD FOR ME TO BE CAUGHT UP ABOUT HAVING TO COMMIT TO TELLING THIS STORY. ANTONIO KNEW THAT COMMITMENT TO HIS CRAFT COULD SEE HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE. APPARENTLY WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5, I SAID, 'I'M GOING TO HOLLYWOOD.' JUST YELLED IT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAWN. I SUSPECT I THOUGHT HOLLYWOOD WAS PROBABLY A FOREST AT THAT POINT. I DUNNO, IT HAD WOOD IN THE WORD. ORGY! AND HOLLYWOOD INDEED DID COME CALLING, ANATONIO LANDING A ROLE IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED ZOOLANDER 2. THERE WAS A SCENE BECAUSE BEN STILLER WAS DIRECTING IT AS WELL, WHERE HE WAS LIKE, 'ANTONIO WHEN ARIANA WALKS PASSED YOU, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HER IN SOME WAY.' I WAS, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT. AND I WAS JUST STANDING THERE AND SHE COMES WALKING THROUGH, AND I WAITED FOR HER TO GET AS CLOSE AS SHE COULD GET, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, 'AARGH!' (LAUGHS) AS LOUD AND AS BIG AS I COULD, AND SHE TOOK OFF AND SHE CAME BACK AND SHE WAS ALL, 'OH MY GOD!' COS SHE'S ONLY LITTLE, SHE'S LOOKING UP AT ME LIKE THAT. 'ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THAT?' BUT THEY DIDN'T CUT THAT IN. IT'S FUN ALSO TO BE SITTING THERE IN THE MAKE-UP TRUCK, AND IT'S LIKE STING, OWEN WILSON, AND BEING IN SCENES WITH ARIANA GRANDE AND KIEFER SUTHERLAND. WHEN HE ISN'T RECITING OTHER PEOPLES LINES, HE'S WRITING HIS OWN. ANTONIO MOONLIGHTS AS A SPOKEN-WORD ARTIST. WE TAGGED ALONG WITH HIM TO OPEN MIC NIGHT WHERE HE EXPRESSES HIS VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN AOTEAROA. # THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN IS OUT FOR THE 10-COUNT # GONE, LET'S GET HER UP FOR THE REBOUND. # FULL CONTACT, GET READY FOR THE BATTLE. # SAVING THE WORLD, WELL IT'S GETTING KINDER VITAL. # IT'S OUR GENERATION'S ONE SHOT AT THE TITLE. # FULL COURT, PRESS, MAN-TO-MAN, G. # APPLAUSE KIA ORA. THANK YOU. HE'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A GREENER FUTURE EITHER. HERE IN RAGLAN, HE'S GETTING HIS HANDS DIRTY, HELPING SET UP THIS COMMUNITY GARDEN AS WELL AS SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF LIVING A CLEANER, GREENER LIFESTYLE. ONCE PLASTIC GETS INTO OUR SYSTEMS, AS IT DOES, THROUGH, UM, THE WATER AND THROUGH THE FISH, AND THROUGH EVERYTHING, THAT IT BREAKS DOWN INTO ` BECAUSE EVERY PIECE OF PLASTIC EVER MADE, IT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE. IT'S JUST NOW REALLY TINY. FOR NOW THOUGH, HE'S RIDING THE CURRENT AND OPEN TO ANY POTENTIAL MAHI THAT COMES HIS WAY. SO ARE YOU AIMING FOR ANY MORE HOLLYWOOD ROLES? I'M POTENTIALLY UP FOR SOMETHING, FOR A NETFLIX SERIES AT THE MOMENT. SO, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE WORLD YOU GREW UP IN? WHILE FAME MIGHT BE THE ATTRACTION FOR MANY, FOR THIS MAORI BOY, IS ALL ABOUT DOING WHAT HE LOVES. I'VE WORKED ON PROJECTS BEFORE WHERE I FELT LIKE PEOPLE WERE JUST THERE BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE FAME PART OF IT. AND I THOUGHT AT THE TIME IF PLUMBING WAS SOMETHING THAT MADE PEOPLE FAMOUS, THESE FULLAS WOULD DO PLUMBING. (LAUGHS) WHEREAS I WOULD DO THIS MAHI NO MATTER WHAT. I CAN'T NOT DO THIS. SO WHAT ADVICE DOES ANTONIO HAVE FOR YOUNG MAORI WHO WANT TO GET INTO ACTING? AKONGA TE REO, E TU I ROTO I NGA ROPU KAPAHAKA HOKI, I ROTO I NGA WHAKAARI. WHAIA, AHAKOA TE AHA. NA RAIHA JOHNS TERA PURONGO. COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON THE HUI ` IT'S A TOWN THAT'S SEEN HARD TIMES. BUT THIS TEAM OF TE TEKO'S YOUNGSTERS ARE GIVING THEIR TOWN SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT. WHISTLE BLOWS, CROWD SHOUTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THEY HAVEN'T LOST A GAME. WE'RE THE BEST. THE TE TEKO U-10S JAB RUGBY TEAM IS ON A THREE-YEAR WINNING STREAK, BUT THEIR SUCCESS IS NOT JUST ON THE FIELD. THE KIDS HAVE MORE SELF-ESTEEM, AND THEY'RE TALKING BETTER WITH THEIR PARENTS. NEXT WEEK WE'RE IN THE BAY OF PLENTY, WITH THE LITTLE TEAM IS DOING BIG THINGS. KA WANI KE! KUA HIKINA TE HUI MO TENEI RA. 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